UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 
AT   LOS  ANGELES 


FRANKLIN    BIBLIOGRAPHY. 


A  LIST  OK  BOOKS 


WRITTEN  BY,   OR  RELATING  TO 


BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN. 


BY 


F»AUL  LEICESTER  EORD. 


BROOKLYN,  N.  Y. 
1889. 


4  1  J  0      4. 


F75- 


TO 
HON.  JOHN  BIGELOW 

AS  A  RECOGNITION  OF  HIS  CONTRIBUTIONS  TO 

FRANKLIN  LITERATURE 

THIS  UST  IS 

DEDICATED. 


9787 


CONTENTS. 


Explanatory IX 

Errata XI 

Introduction xm 

Franklin's  own  writings: 

i.  Books  and  Pamphlets T 

ii.  Periodicals  and  Serials ..    .    .  281 

in.  State  Papers  and  Treaties 291 

iv.  Pseudonyms 3°5 

v.  Erroneous  or  Doubtful 311 

Frankliniana 3*5 

Reference  List  and  Classical  Index 397 

Check  List  and  Chronological  Index 429 

General  Index 449 


EXPLANATORY. 


/  signifies:  The  end  of  a  line  on  the  title  page. 

...  "        A  line  omitted  in  the  title. 

"        Two  or  more  lines  omitted  in  the  title. 

"        That  what  is  omitted  is  line  for  line  the  same  as  the 

preceding  or  indicated  title. 
-f  "        That  what  is  omitted  is  already  sufficiently  given  in 

title  of  previous  or  numbered  edition. 

[     ]  "        Words  or  figures  not  in  the  title  or  text.     Where 

brackets  really  occur  they  are  represented  by 
parenthesis. 

Sic  "        That  the  word  or  sentence  contains  the  error  as 

printed,  but  this  has  only  been  used  where  doubt 
might  arise.  It  is  omitted  in  all  obvious  cases,  or 
in  mistaken  or  old-fashioned  accentuation  and 
spelling. 

The  initials  at  the  end  of  the  description  indicate   certain  public 
libraries  in  which  the  publication  can  be  consulted. 
A.  signifies:  Astor  Library. 

A.  P.  S.  "        American  Philosophical  Society  Library. 

A.  A.  S.  "        American  Antiquarian  Society  Library. 

B.  "        Boston  Public  Library. 

B.  A.  "        Boston  Athenaeum  Library. 

B.  M.  "        British  Museum  Library. 

C.  "        Library  of  Congress. 

H.  "        Library  of  Harvard  University. 

L.  "        Lenox  Library. 

M.  "        Massachusetts  Historical  Society  Library. 

N.  "        New  York  Historical  Society  Library. 

P.  H.  S.  "        Pennsylvania  Historical  Society  Library. 

P.  "        Library  Company  of  Philadelphia. 

P.  L.  "        Private  Library. 

S.  "        New  York  State  Library. 

S.  D.  "        Department  of  State  Library. 

Y.  C.  "        Yale  College  Library. 


Correct  title  of  No.  289: 

The  /  Examination  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  /  before  an  /  Honourable 
Assembly,  /  relative  to  the  /  Repeal  /  of  the  /  American  Stamp  Act,  /  in 
MDCCLXVI.  /  MDCCLXVII.  /  (Price  One  Shilling.) 

No.  356.  For  "Transactions  of  the  Royal  Society,"  read  "Memoirs 
of  the  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society  of  Manchester." 

No.  397.    See  note  to  No.  907. 


ON  a  March  night  in  the  year  1722  there  stole  along  \ 
Queen  street,  in  the  goodly  and  godly  town  of  Boston,  a 
lad  of  some  sixteen  years  of  age.  Pausing  in  front  of  a 
building  which  James  Franklin  was  then  advertising  in 
The  New  England  Courant  as  ' '  his  Printing  House  over 
against  Mr.  Sheafs  School"  "near  the  Prison,"  the  lad 
slipped  a  paper  underneath  the  door,  and  then  walked 
away. — Such  was  the  surreptitious  entrance  of  Benjamin 
Franklin  into  the  world  of  literature.  The  next  day,  as 
this  same  'prentice  stood  at  his  case  in  this  printing  office, 
he  could  hear  his  brother  consulting  with  certain  of  that 
famous  or  infamous  ilk,  the  "hell  fire  club,"  as  to  who 
could  be  the  author  of  these  sheets  with  the  humble  sig- 
nature of  "Silence  Dogood;"  and  we  can  easily  imagine 
his  pride  on  hearing  the  writings  praised,  when  the  piece 
appeared  in  all  the  glory  of  type  on  the  first  page  of  The 
New  England  Courant,  and  when  his  eye  met  the  notice 
in  the  same  issue  that  "as  the  favor  of  Mrs.  Dogood's 
Correspondence  is  acknowledged  by  the  Publisher  of  this 
Paper,  lest  any  of  her  Letters  should  miscarry,  he  desires 
they  may  be  deliver' d  at  his  Printing-Office,  or  at  the 
Blue  Ball  in  Union  Street,  and  no  questions  will  be  ask'd 
of  the  Bearer." 

In  the  piece  so  printed  Mrs.  Dogood  introduces  herself 
to  the  reader  in  due  form,  and  announces  that  she  "in- 
tends once  a  Fortnight  to  present  them,  by  the  Help  of 
this  Paper,  with  a  short  Epistle,  which  I  presume  will  add 
somewhat  to  their  Entertainment;"  and  she  is  as  good  as 
her  word,  for  to  the  number  of  fourteerj_Jett£r.s  the  widow 

•f***-^*^^^^*"^ 

gossips  on  college  learning,    female   training  and  vices, 
pride,  poetry  in  New  England,  hypocrites,  widows,  match- 

[xiii] 


INTRODUCTION.  XV 

making,  the  drinker's  vocabulary,  Boston  at  night,  relig- 
ions, etc. 

But  James  Franklin  being  involved  in  trouble  with  the 
government,  more  serious  work  soon  claimed  Mrs.  Dogood, 
and  in  less  than  a  year  from  the  publication  of  the  first  of 
these  letters,  Franklin  was  masquerading  before  the  public 
as  the  printer,  publisher,  and  editor  of  that  u  Wicked 
Libel  called  the  New  England  Courant,"  and  with  all  the 
courage  of  years  seventeen,  was  breaking  lances  against 
both  Church  and  State.  Not  for  long,  however,  for  harsh 
words  and  blows  soon  made  him  a  run-away,  and  forced 
James  Franklin  to  advertise  for  a  "likely  lad  for  an  ap- 
prentice." A  likely  lad  may  have  been  forthcoming,  but 
the  likelyjad  was  lost  to  Boston  for  all  time. 

The  young  printer  drifted  to  Philadelphia,  where  for 
some  months  he  plied  his  trade.  Then,  induced  by  false 
promises  of  a  chance  of  starting  for  himself,  he  went  to 
London,  only  to  learn,  as  Pnnj-  "RiVh^r^  •yr™tt*)  that  "ex- 
perience keeps  a  dear  school. "  However,  "he  that  hath 
a  trade,  hath  an  estate,"  and  so  he  quickly  found  work  in 
the  printing  office  of  "Samuel  Palmer,  in  Bartholomew- 
Close,"  and  here  he  was  set  to  composing  William  Wol- 
laston's  Religion  of  Natiire.  It  was  an  absolutely  inof- 
fensive book,  and  the  six  editions  and  ten  thousand  copies 
sold  of  it  in  the  fourteen  years  from  its  first  publication 
probably  did  as  little  harm  as  any  book  ever  printed;  but 
to  the  young  "doubter,"  with  his  mind  unsettled  by  the 
writings  of  Shaftesbury  and  Collins,  and  his  quarrels  and 
controversies  with  the  Boston  clergy,  it  was  an  irritation 
to  have  to  set  the  a  priori  propositions,  and  circular  rea- 
sonings deduced  therefrom,  on  good  and  evil,  truth  and 
falsehood,  pleasure  and  pain.  And  so  in  his  spare  hours, 
he  wrote  and  put  into  type  a  little  tractate,  animadverting 
on  some  of  the  reverend  author's  positions  and  arguments, 
and  practically  denying  future  life  or  rewards,  the  exist- 
ence of  natural  religion,  and  the  theological  distinctions 


INTRODUCTION.  xv. 

between  man  and  beas£ This  Dissertation  on  Liberty  \ 
and  Necessity,  Pleasure  and  Pain,  has  since  been  known 
as  his  "wicked  tract,"  and  Franklin  lived  to  term  it  an 
"erratum"  and  to  destroy  almost  all  of  the  hundred 
copies  he  had  printed.  For  a  piece  of  philosophical  reas- 
oning it  is  certainly  well  written;  but  though  the  author 
lived  to  become  more  tolerant  of  opinions  and  beliefs,  at 
this  time  he  clearly  believed  his  own  aphorism,  that  "ortho- 
doxy is  my  doxy,  and  heterodoxy  your  doxy." 

And  then  in  1726  he  returned  to  Philadelphia  and 
worked  as  a  journeyman  in  the  printing  office  of  Samuel 
Keimer,  but  soon  set  up  for  himself,  with  Hugh  Meredith, 
the  "New  Printing-Office  near  the  Market."  In  after 
years  Franklin  took  pride  in  styling  himself  "B.  Frank- 
lin, Printer,"  but  even  in  this  first  year  of  independence 
he  proved  himself  something  more.  It  was  an  experi- 
mental time  in  finance,  and  the  colonies,  occupying  a  pe- 
culiar position,  were  trying  sundry  schemes  to  benefit 
themselves;  and  among  others  that  of  creating  wealth 
with  a  printing  press.  In  the  course  of  his  twenty  years 
active  service  at  his  press,  Franklin  succeeded  in  so  doing, 
but  in  1729  he  thought  he  saw  a  quicker  way,  and  so  there 
came  from  his  pen  and  office  A  .J\£odesf  Enquiry  into  the 
Nature  and  Necessity  of  a  Paper  Currency,  in  which  an 
immediate  issue  was  advocated  with  so  much  success  as  to- 
overcome  the  opposition  thereto,  and  win  sufficient  con- 
verts to  carry  through  the  project.  It  was  a  theory  of 
money  which  Franklin  never  quite  outgrew,  and  so  we 
may  take  his  arguments  as  honest;  yet  one  cannot  but  sus- 
pect that  the  printer's  economic  reasonings  may  have  been 
influenced  by  the  knowledge  that  he  would  be  the  printer 
of  the  "very  profitable  jobb."  Whatever  the  causes 
which  produced  the  pamphlet,  or  the  fallacies  it  contained, 
it  added  its  mite  to  the  facts  and  theories,  then  so  few  and 
crude,  which  to-day  are  almost  a  science. 

Then  a  project  which  had  been  brewing  some  time  in 


INTRODUCTION.  XIX 

Franklin's  mind  began  to  take  definite  form.  The  printer 
aspired  to  be  an  editor,  and  preparations  for  the  starting  of 
a  paper  were  in  progress,  when  Franklin,  who  had  yet  to 
teach  Poor  Richard  that  u  three  can  keep  a  secret,  if  two  are 
dead,"  let  a  gossiping  journeyman  into  his  confidence,  who 
told  it  to  Samuel  Keimer,  his  old  master,  and  before  Frank- 
lin's plans  were  matured  he  found  the  former  had  seized  on 
the  idea  and  that  the  field  was  already  occupied.  He  had 
his  revenge,  however,  for  setting  pen  to  paper  he  wrote  a 
series  of  essays  not  unlike  those  of  Mrs.  Dogood,  well  en- 
titled uTlie.  Busybody,"  and  by  sending  them  to  the  old 
established  paper7  cffew  attention  from  the  new  enterprise, 
which  soon  languished,  and  before  a  year  passed  by  pur- 
chase into  Franklin's  hands.  Under  its  new  management, 
it  quickly  throve  and  in  time  became  the  greatest  paper  in 
the  colonies,  so  far  as  regards  circulation  and  advertising 
patronage.  At  that  time  the  editor's  task  was  considered 
one  entirely  of  compilation,  outsiders  being  trusted  to  sup- 
ply the  essays  and  squibs;  which  besides  the  advertise- 
ments, the  shipping  news,  and  what  was  clipped  from  the 
London  papers,  practically  constituted  the  newspaper  of 
the  period ;  but  Franklin  was,  nevertheless,  a  constant  con- 
tributor to  The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  while  it  remained  in 
his  hands,  and  in  it  appeared  a  number  of  his  collected  es- 
says as  well  as  many  which  are  still  inedited. 

The  great  source  of  profit  at  that  time  to  the  printer  was 
the  almanac  which  came  yearly  from  his  press,  and  was  the 
vade  mecum  in  every  household  which  could  spare  the 
necessary  two  or  three  pence  annually;  and  so  when 
Franklin  set  up  his  press  he  arranged  with  Thomas  God- 
frey, a  local  scientist  of  some  note,  to  furnish  him  with 
the  "copy"  for  an  annual  issue — an  arrangement  which 
continued  three  years,  when  Discordia,  in  the  person  of 
Mrs.  Godfrey,  produced  the  apple  of  discord.  Franklin 
had  rented  the  upper  part  of  his  office  to  the  Godfreys, 
boarding  with  them,  and  Mrs.  Godfrey  naturally  attempted 


INTRODUCTION.  XXI 

a  match  between  the  young  printer  and  her  niece.  All 
went  as  she  desired,  till  the  question  of  actual  marriage 
was  reached,  when  the  practical  lover,  who  advised  one  to 
( '  never  take  a  wife  till  you  have  a  house  (and  a  fire)  to  put 
her  in,"  intimated  that  he  should  expect  as  much  money 
with  the  lady  as  would  pay  the  debt  on  his  printing  office. 
It  was  in  vain  that  the  parents  protested  they  had  not  the 
wherewithal.  Franklin  told  them  to  mortgage  their  house, 
and  he  does  not  seem  to  have  suffered  much  when  the 
match  fell  to  the  ground.  But  if  the  broken  heart  was  a 
matter  of  small  importance,  the  broken  friendship  proved 
otherwise,  for  he  not  only  lost  his  tenant,  but  the  philo- 
math carried  his  ' '  copy  "  to  a  rival  printer,  and  he  was  left 
in  the  lurcji  for  his  issue. 

In  this  predicament  he  apparently  wrote  his  own  al- 
manac, but  knowing  that  his  name  would  hardly  give  it 
currency  among  readers  who  still  looked  upon  it  as  dealing 
in  magic,  witchcraft,  and  astrology,  he  adopted  that  of 
Richard  Saunders,  an  English  philomath  of  the  seven- 
teenth century  of  great  popularity;  but  since  quite  eclipsed 
by  his  more  popular  western  namesake.  Under  this  name, 
therefore,  the  initial  number  was  issued  in  the  latter  part 
of  December,  1732,  when,  in  spite  of  its  late  publication, 
three  "impressions"  were  called  for  by  the  popular  de- 
mand; and  from  that  time  it  was  not  merely  the  most  es- 
teemed almanac  in  Pennsylvania,  but  had  a  sale  as  far 
north  as  Rhode  Island,  and  as  far  south  as  the  Carolinas. 
~19Fhe  secret  of  its  success  was  its  humor.  The  calcula- 
tions were  no  more  accurate,  the  poetry  no  better,  nor  the 
printing  clearer,  than  were  the  half  dozen  competitors 
which  then  came  from  the  Pennsylvania  presses;  but  in 
the  colorless  life  of  the  frontier  settlements,  the  advent  of 
this  little  pamphlet  of  a  dozen  leaves  was  one  of  the  events 
of  the  year,  and  it  is  not  strange  that  the  sense  and  non- 
sense of  {Poor  Richard,  which  afterwards  gained  such  a 
place  and  name  in£he~.literary  centers  of  Europe,  should 


INTRODUCTION.  XX111 

surpass  its  competitors,  and  keep  the  presses  busy  printing 
the  ten  thousand  copies  annually  called  for.  The  humor 
was  everywhere — in  the  advertisement  that  announced  its 
publication,  in  the  title  page  and  preface,  sprinkled  in  the 
calendar,  the  weather  predictions,  the  eclipses  and  the 
prophecies.  Where  other  philomaths  lost  their  tempers, 
Franklin  cracked  a  joke;  where  they  made  mysteries  of  the 
trade,  he  gave  a  humorous  account  of  the  way  it  is  done. 
Much  was  coarse,  as  suited  the  times  and  people;  but 
Franklin's  indelicacy  is  tinctured  with  genuine  wit;  and 
not  merely  broad  for  broadness'  sake.  The  poetry  is 
wretched;  but  even  if  he  wrote  it,  which  there  is  good 
cause  to  doubt,  we  know  from  other  rhymes  that  he  was 
not  a  poet.  Poor  Richard  is  by  no  means  all  original,  and 
he  pilfered  from  many  sources;  but  nearly  everything  had 
been  filtered  through  Franklin's  brain,  and  bore  the  stamp 
of  his  mind.  It  was  all  written  for  the  common  people, 
and  never  made  the  mistake  of  overshooting  their  heads, 
yet  in  spite  of  this,  the  writings  in  the  twenty-five  al- 
manacs which  Franklin  sent  forth  are  to-day  almost  the 
sole  literary  production  of  colonial  America  which  is  read 
save  by  antiquaries. 

The  great  mass  of  American  literature  and  printing  of 
that  time  was  of  a  religious  character,  and  Franklin  was 
next  to  swell  this  class.  A  church  quarrel  was  on  the 
tapis,  and  Franklin  sided  with  the  young  and  eloquent, 
though  "unsound  and  dangerous"  clergyman,  who  drew 
about  him  the  "free-thinkers,  deists  and  nothings;"  and, 
finding  him  unable  to  defend  himself,  Franklin  wrote  for 
him  "an  artful  dialogue"  in  the  paper,  and  also  three 
pamphlets.  E££>^  Richard  advised  one  never  to  "misin- 
form your  doctor  nor  your  lawyer, ' '  but  seems  not  to  have 
practised  as  he  preached,  for  the  charges  against  his  client 
were  soon  substantiated,  and  so  Franklin  had  his  trouble 
for  nothing  (unless  the  printer's  profits  paid  him),  and 
disgusted  once  more  with  religion,  he  went  back  to  his 


INTRODUCTION.  XXV 

private  prayer  book  and  home  service,  and  advertised  that 
he  would  shortly  print,  in  addition  to  Every  man  his  own  "^ 
Lawyer  and  Every  man  his  own  Doctor,  which  at  that  time 
he  was  selling,  a  work  entitled  Every  man  his  own  Priest  A 
while   the  Reverend   Samuel   Hemphill    and    the    three 
polemical   tractates   disappeared    into    an   oblivion   from 
which  the  most  painstaking  of  his   editors   have  never 
drawn  them. 

Franklin  had  already  given  the  colonies  the  best  news- 
paper and  almanac  published  at  that  time,  but  this  was 
not  the  whole  service  the  printer  rendered.  From  his 
press  came  the  first  novel,  the  first  classic  both  translated 
and  printed  in  this  country,  one  of  the  first  anti-slavery 
pamphlets,  the  first  planned  American  magazine,  the  first  ^ 
periodical  in  a  foreign  tongue,  the  first  bookseller's  cata- 
logue, and  the  first  library  catalogue  printed  south  of  Bos- 
ton. And  in  his  Proposal  for  Promoting  Useful  Know- 
ledge and  his  Account  of  the  New  Invented  Pennsylvanian 
Fire-Places  we  have  two  of  the  earliest  American  attempts 
in  science  and  invention. 

In  1746  he  published  a  pamphlet  entitled  Reflections  on 
Courtship  and  Marriage,  which  but  for  the  certain  proof 
one  would  hardly  think  could  be  written  by  him  (though 
on  a  subject  he  was  fond  of  writing  on)  so  unlike  is  it  to 
his  usual  simple  and  felicitous  style.  But  the  author  con- 
fesses that  it  was  not  written  for  the  public,  having  usuch 
a  careless  Negligence  of  Dress,"  and  it  is  unfair  to  judge 
such  a  piece  by  the  literary  tenets  of  this  century,  for  the 
four  editions  of  this  pamphlet  attest  that  at  the  time  it  was 
considered  a  work  of  merit;  and  it  was  the  first  of  Frank- 
lin's writings  reprinted  in  Europe. 

In  this  same  year  Franklin  first  stepped  into  politics, 
and  so,  as  a  natural  consequence  we  soon  find  him  writing 
on  that  subject.  The  European  powers  were  fighting  as 
usual,  and  America  must  defend  herself  as  best  she  could 
from  England's  enemies.  In  Pennsylvania  this  was  an 


INTRODUCTION.  XXV11 

even  more  difficult  task  than  in  the  other  colonies,  for  the 
Friends,  by  their  belief  were  opposed  to  all  warfare,  and 
exercised  a  controlling  influence  in  the  government.  To 
overcome  this  Franklin  wrote  Plain  Truth,  which  though 
it  ubore  somewhat  hard  on  both  parties"  and  was  promptly 
replied  to  by  a  couple  of  writers,  "wonderfully  spirited 
us  up  to  defend  ourselves  and  the  country,"  and  proved 
the  entering  wedge  by  which  Pennsylvania  was  by  degrees 
changed  from  the  submissive  tenets  inculcated  by  William 
Penn. 

From  this  time  until  his  sailing  for  England  in  1757, 
his  pen  was  constantly  at  work  in  politics,  drafting  "asso- 
ciations," "advertisements,"  "memorials,"  "proclama- 
tions," "messages,"  "resolutions,"  "reports,"  "acts," 
and  other  political  pieces.  And  in  his  "Plan  of  Union," 
submitted  to,  and  accepted  by  the  Albany  Congress  of 
1754,  we  have  the  first  real  plan  for  the  permanent  arrange- 
ment of  the  English  sway  on  this  continent  as  well  as  for 
the  changing  of  thirteen  colonies  into  a  united  country; 
and  the  only  one  proposed,  till  the  old  loyalty  and  love  of 
the  "mother"  country  had  been  so  changed  as  to  make 
true  union  no  longer  possible.  As  in  the  case  of  his  arti- 
cles of  confederation,  moved  in  the  Continental  Congress,, 
the  times  were  not  ripe  for  it,  and  both  the  home  and  colo- 
nial governments  gave  it  the  cold  shoulder. 

The  cause  of  better  education  had  received  attention 
from  him  as  early  as  1743,  but  meeting  with  disappoint- 
ments, it  was  laid  aside  till  the  conclusion  of  peace,  when 
in  1749  he  distributed  with  the  copies  of  his  newspaper 
his  Proposals  relating  to  the  Education  of  Youth  in  Penn- 
sylvania, containing  the  plan  for  the  formation  of  an  acad- 
emy, and  an  outline  of  what  should  be  taught;  which  was 
followed  in  two  years  by  his  Idea  of  an  English  School,  in 
which  is  contained  one  of  the  first  protests,  in  this  coun- 
try at  least,  against  the  total  subservience  of  all  institu- 
tions of  learning  to  the  classics  and  mathematics.  Nor 
iii 


INTRODUCTION.  XXIX 

were  his  services  limited  to  these  publications,  for  he  per- 
sonally aided  in  obtaining  money  and  teachers  for  the 
school  which  was  started,  and  he  was  a  trustee  and  con- 
stant worker  for  the  enterprise,  till  politics  got  possession 
of  it,  and  it  became  a  hot-bed  of  writers  opposed  to  him  and 
his  party.  Then  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Hospital,  which  he  had  been  instrumental  in  found- 
ing, and  of  which  in  1754  he  had  published  a  short  Ac- 
count, as  an  advertisement  of  its  good  work;  and  these 
two  institutions  thus  became  to  a  certain  extent  political 
factors  for  the  two  local  parties. 

For  a  number  of  years  Franklin  and  some  of  his  friends 
had  been  studying  and  experimenting  in  the  then  fashion- 
able science  of  electricity,  and  in  1747  he  first  began  the 
communication  of  the  results  to  Peter  Collinson  of  London 
— results  which  in  time  made  both  Franklin  and  America 
famous  in  the  world  of  science,  but  which  at  first  were  not 
even  deemed  worthy  of  a  place  in  the  Transactions  of  the 
Royal  Society,  were  sneered  and  laughed  at  by  many  of 
the  scientists,  and  Franklin's  existence  even  questioned. 
Yet  once  in  print,  the  letters  ran  through  nine  editions, 
gained  him  admission  to  the  Royal  Society  and  the  award 
of  the  Copley  medal;  and  for  twenty-five  years  made  elec- 
tricity and  Franklin  almost  synonymous  words. 

And  then,  in  1757,  Franklin  composed  his  most  popular 
piece.  It  was  in  effect  a  skimming  of  the  cream  from  the 
twenty-four  issues  of  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac,  being  a  se- 
lection of  the  aphorisms  and  humorous  sayings  run  into  one 
continuous  speech  which  purported  to  be  delivered  by  an 
old  man  named  "Father  Abraham"  to  the  people  collected 
about  an  auction  sale.  Originally  printed  in  Poor  Rich- 
ard for  1/58,  it  was  quickly  reprinted  in  separate  form, 
and  under  the  titles  of  "  Father  Abraham's  Speech,  "The 
Way  to  Wealth,"  and  "La  Science  du  Bonhomme  Rich- 
ard" it  has  proved  itself  one  of  the  most  popular  Ameri- 
can writings.  Seventy  editions  of  it  have  been  printed  in 


INTRODUCTION.  XXXI 

English,  fifty-six  in  French,  eleven  in  German,  and  nine  in 
Italian.  It  has  been  translated  into  Spanish,  Danish, 
Swedish,  Welsh,  Polish,  Gaelic,  Russian,  Bohemian, 
Dutch,  Catalan,  Chinese,  Modern  Greek  and  Phonetic 
writing.  It  has  been  printed  at  least  four  hundred  times, 
and  is  to-day  as  popular  as  ever. 

Sent  to  England  in  1757  on  the  colonial  affairs  of  Penn- 
sylvania, Franklin  not  only  contributed  to  the  newspapers 
of  that  country,  with  a  view  to  influencing  public  opinion 
on  the  matter  in  dispute,  but  he  also  composed  his  His- 
torical Review,  which  is  the  largest  of  his  publications, 
and  must  be  ranked  among  the  ablest  of  his  partisan  writ- 
ings. The  necessity  of  the  case  required  an  anonymous 
printing,  and  Franklin  even  went  so  far  as  positively  to 
deny  the  authorship,  but  a  contemporary  letter  of  his  son 
fixes  it  on  him,  and  his  grandson  gives  Franklin's  reasons 
for  concealing  himself. 

But  his  writings  in  his  six  years'  agency  in  England 
were  by  no  means  limited  to  this  question  of  local  politics, 
and  in  the  London  Chronicle  and  Grand  Magazine  he  was, 
under  various  pseudonyms,  defending  the  colonies  from 
the  sneers  of  the  mother  country,  philosophically  discuss- 
ing population  and  love,  and  even  before  the  conquest  of 
Canada  was  complete,  was  pleading  that  it  should  not  be 
returned  to  France  at  the  signing  of  peace. 

The  bete  noire  of  the  colonies  at  that  time  was  the 
French  possession  of  that  country.  The  great  enemy  of 
England,  France  could  and  did,  whether  at  peace  or  war 
in  Europe,  instigate  and  aid  the  Indians  in  their  constant 
harrying  of  the  back  settlements,  and  so  check  the  growth 
of  this  western  England.  Its  conquest  was  therefore 
hailed  with  universal  joy  in  the  colonies,  which  was  only 
tempered  by  the  fear  that  it  would  be  traded  back  to 
France  at  the  peace.  And  the  fear  was  not  without  cause. 
It  was  not  only  held  by  a  large  party  in  England  that  the 
little  sugar  island  of  Guadaloupe  was  of  more  value  to 


INTRODUCTION.  XXX111 

Great  Britain  than  the  Canadian  conquests,  but  that  the 
presence  of  the  French  on  the  American  continent  was 
necessary  in  order  that  the  American  Colonies  should  be 
kept  from  growing  too  strong  and  made  to  look  to  the 
mother  country  for  protection.  These  arguments  were 
discussed  and  criticised  in  a  pamphlet  written  jointly  by 
the  Earl  of  Bath  and  James  Douglas,  entitled  A  Letter 
addressed  to  Two  Great  Men,  which  "was  a  good  deal 
talked  on"  and  drew  forth  many  answers,  among  them 
Remarks  by  William  Burke,  who  favors  the  opposite  view. 
This  pamphlet  drew  from  Franklin  his  Interest  of  Great 
Britain,  which  his  biographers  have  claimed  exercised 
great  influence  in  ministerial  circles;  but  unless  the  piece 
itself  can  be  cited  as  such,  the  evidence  is  lacking.  It 
however  had  "a  great  run  in  the  Coffee  Houses,"  and' 
William  Burke  in  replying  to  him,  styled  him  "the  ablest, 
the  most  ingenious  and  the  most  dexterous  writer"  on 
that  side  of  the  question. 

It  was  in  this  period  also,  that  Franklin  wrote  his 
' '  Parable  against  Persecution. ' '  The  idea  was  taken,  be- 
yond doubt,  from  Jeremy  Taylor's  Liberty  of  Prophesying, 
who  took  it  from  George  Gentius,  who  took  it  from  Saadi, 
who  only  quoted  it.  Under  Franklin's  pen  it  was  shaped 
into  biblical  language,  printed  on  a  sheet  of  paper  and 
laid  into  his  Bible,  from  which  it  was  read  aloud  to  theo- 
logians and  friends,  whose  comments  afforded  infinite 
amusement  to  him.  Against  his  wishes,  copies  were 
begged  by  friends  and  in  time  stole  into  the  London 
Chronicle,  Gentleman }s  Magazine,  and  finally  into  Lord 
Kames'  Sketches  of  the  History  of  Man,  and  there  met  with 
comparison  with  the  version  as  printed  by  Taylor;  and 
charges  of  plagiarism,  which  have  been  published  and  re- 
published  endlessly,  were  thereon  founded.  It  need  only 
be  said  that  although  Franklin  had  so  changed  it  as  to 
make  it  practically  a  new  composition,  he  never  claimed  it 
as  original;  but  if  this  was  plagiarism,  we  can  only  regret 


INTRODUCTION.  XXXV 

that  Franklin  did  not  do  more  of  it.  This  piece  is  also 
interesting,  being,  so  far  as  I  can  learn,  the  only  one  of 
Franklin's  writings  which  underwent  revision  and  correc- 
tions for  a  new  edition,  unless  we  except  the  enlargements 
of  his  newspaper  squibs  on  "Human  Vanity"  and 
"Drinking  Dictionary,"  both  of  which  were  practically 
entirely  rewritten,  so  as  to  leave  little  of  the  original,  be- 
yond the  idea. 

Returning  from  his  mission  to  England  in  1763,  he  was 
at  once  involved  in  one  of  the .  bitterest  and  fiercest  politi- 
cal struggles  this  country  has  ever  seen,  and  one  which  pro- 
duced such  an  extraordinary  number  of  publications  that 
one  printer  sarcastically  changed  his  imprint  to  "Quilsyl- 
vania."  Franklin's  pen  was  among  the  most  fertile,  and 
within  a  year  wrote  the  Narrative  of  the  late  Massacres; 
Cool  Thoughts;  Petition  to  the  King;  Remarks  on  the  late 
Protest;  and  the  preface  to  the  Speech  of  Joseph  Galloway, 
and  in  these  pieces  we  have  almost  the  only  angry  utter- 
ances or  attempts  at  a  personal  vindication  that  Franklin 
ever  put  in  print. 

In  1764  Franklin  was  once  more  sent  to  England,  again 
as  Pennsylvania's  colonial  agent,  but  really  to  act,  in  his 
ten  years'  stay,  as  the  agent  of  the  whole  thirteen  colonies. 
In  their  behalf  he  was  examined  before  Parliament  rela- 
tive to  the  hated  Stamp  Act,  and  as  most  of  the  questions 
and  answers  had  been  concerted  beforehand  between  him 
and  the  opposers  of  the  act,  his  Examination  was  practi- 
cally America's  answer  and  argument.  And  when,  pos- 
sibly in  altered  form,  it  stole  surreptitiously  into  print,  it 
became  the  most  popular  pamphlet  that  had  ever  been 
written  by  an  American  or  had  dealt  with  an  American 
subject. 

From  this  time  till  his  return  to  America  in  1775,  his 
pen  was  constantly  engaged  in  fighting  for  or  on  the 
American  side  of  the  dispute.  He  caused  the  ablest  of 
the  American  pamphlets  to  be  reprinted  in  England, 


INTRODUCTION.  XXXV11 

sometimes  adding  a  preface  by  himself;  he  furnished  other 
writers  with  the  materials  for  writing  pamphlets,  and  he 
was  continually  writing  in  the  London  Chronicle^  Gentle- 
man1 s  Magazine,  Political  Register,  London  Packet,  Pub- 
lic Advertiser,  and  Public  Ledger,  and  in  this  form  ap- 
peared two  of  his  cleverest  political  satires,  the  Rules  for 
Reducing  a  Great  Empire,  which  England  so  successfully 
practiced,  and  the  "Prussian  Edict,"  purporting  to  be 
Frederick  II's  assumption  of  sovereignty  over  Great  Brit- 
ain, because  of  the  original  colonization  from  Germany; 
which  was  so  well  done  that  it  was  by  some  for  a  time 
actually  believed.  In  addition  to  his  writings  on  the 
Anglo-American  troubles,  he  also  contributed  extensively 
on  the  more  abstract  political  affairs,  and  both  in  period- 
icals, and  in  notes  to  a  friend's  pamphlet,  has  left  us  his 
views  on  trade,  money,  manufactures,  smuggling,  pauper- 
ism, emigration  and  colonizing. 

A  private  venture  also  produced  two  pamphlets  from 
him  on  the  latter  question.  A  number  of  gentlemen  had 
formed  a  company  and  petitioned  for  a  grant  of  land  on 
the  Ohio.  Lord  Hillsborough,  after  having  encouraged 
the  company,  brought  in  an  adverse  report,  to  which 
Franklin  wrote  a  reply,  and  published  the  two  pieces  in  a 
pamphlet.  The  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Treasury 
having  granted  the  petition,  the  cry  was  at  once  raised  by 
those  opposed  to  the  scheme,  or  interested  in  rival  ones, 
that  this  was  "a  job,"  to  which  Franklin  again  replied  in 
another  pamphlet,  but  for  some  reason  suppressed  it  almost 
at  once. 

In  1772  he  also  undertook,  at  the  request  of  Sir  Francis 
Dashwood,  Lord  Le  Despencer,  a  curious  task.  The  lat- 
ter, a  notorious  roue  and  deist,  having  first  reformed  him- 
self, next  conceived  the  idea  of  reforming  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer.  In  this  he  asked  Franklin's  assistance; 
who  wrote  the  preface  and  abridged  the  Catechism  and 
Psalms,  and  in  1773  their  work  was  printed  in  the  finest 


INTRODUCTION.  XXXIX 

style  at  the  expense  of  Lord  Le  Despencer.  The  English 
Church,  however,  did  not  take  warmly  to  an  improvement 
from  such  a  source,  and  it  was  hardly  noticed  in  that 
country;  but  in  America,  where  it  was  known  as  "Frank- 
lin's Prayer  Book,"  it  attracted  more  attention,  and  when 
after  the  separation,  "The  Church  "  in  this  country  set  to 
work  to  compose  its  system  and  rituals,  we  find  that  the 
gentlemen  who  prepared  the  "proposed"  Prayer  Book 
studied  this  with  care,  and  adopted  certain  ideas  from  it. 

In  these  years  he  was  also  writing  more  or  less  on  scien- 
tific subjects,  and  in  his  visit  at  Tuyford  in  1771,  he  began 
his  autobiography,  the  history  of  which  is  deferred  to 
another  part  of  this  sketch. 

And  then  in  1775  he  was,  like  the  stranger  in  his  para- 
ble against  persecution,  driven  forth  "with  blows  into  the 
wilderness."  Deprived  of  his  offices  and  pay,  insulted  in 
and  by  the  Privy  Council,  and  attacked  in  press  and  Par- 
liament, he  still  sought  and  worked  for  peace  and  union, 
till  threatened  arrest  made  him  take  ship  for  America. 
Here  he  was  at  once  elected  to  the  Continental  Congress 
and  the  Pennsylvania  Convention.  In  the  former,  though 
placed  on  many  committees,  none  of  the  famous  "ad- 
dresses" or  "declarations"  of  that  body  can  claim  more 
than  a  revision  from  him,  and  but  for  his  proposed  "arti- 
cles of  confederation,"  which  necessitating  and  antedating 
independence,  as  it  did  by  nearly  a  year,  was  premature 
and  passed  by  in  silence,  he  was  a  worker  rather  than  an 
orator  and  writer,  in  his  two  years'  attendance.  In  the 
Convention,  however,  he  was  largely  responsible  for  the 
wretched  state  constitution  it  adopted,  as  well  as  for  the 
articles  of  association  it  drew  up. 

Sent  in  1776  by  the  Congress  to  France,  his  pen  was 
soon  at  work,  not  merely  on  the  routine  addresses,  memor- 
ials and  letters  intended  to  persuade  the  French  gov- 
ernment or  inform  that  at  home,  but  in  satires  on  the 
English  methods  of  conducting  the  war,  use  of  the  In- 


INTRODUCTION.  xli 

dians,  Hessians,  etc.,  in  exposing  the  financial  straits  and 
impending  ruin  of  that  country,  and  in  urging  the  advan- 
tages of  loans  to  America;  while  there  is  good  authority 
for  ascribing  to  him  the  partial  editing  of  a  periodical 
which  was  intended  to  influence  the  French  people  in  favor 
of  the  American  cause,  and  prepare  them  for  the  treaties 
of  amity  and  alliance  to  which  Franklin  eventually  set 
his  name. 

It  was  during  his  nine  years'  service  in  France  that  he 
also  wrote  most  of  what  have  since  been  known  as  the 
"bagatelles."  Little  essays  on  many  subjects,  composed 
for  the  amusement  of  ula  socie'te*  choisie  de  Franklin," 
they  were  written  in  his  happiest  vein,  and  fifteen  or 
twenty  copies  printed  on  his  private  press  at  his  home  in 
Passy  for  the  little  circle  for  whom  they  were  intended. 
And  in  this  shape  also  first  appeared  two  pieces  of  more 
serious  import,  being  his  Advice  to  Emigrants,  which  can 
be  almost  as  well  applied  to-day  as  at  the  time  it  was  writ- 
ten, and  his  Remarks  on  the  Savages,  wherein  he  points 
out  the  superiority  of  them,  in  some  particulars,  to  those 
who  claimed  for  themselves  a  much  higher  plane. 

In  these  years  he  also  added  a  short  fragment  to  the 
autobiography,  and  wrote  in  science  on  rainfall,  mete- 
orology, and  mesmerism,  to  which  during  his  voyage  to 
America  he  added  his  Maritime  Observations  and  his 
Causes  and  Cures  of  Smoky  Chimneys.  And  in  his  let- 
ter on  criminal  law  and  privateering,  and  the  treaty  he 
made  with  Prussia,  we  have  projects  so  enlightened  and 
merciful  that  even  his  own  country  failed  to  carry  them 
into  effect. 

Once  more  in  his  native  country,  he  was  laid  hold  of  by 
the  public,  and  placed  in  positions  that  left  him  little  time 
for  writing;  yet  he  contributed  on  scientific  matters  to  the 
Transactions  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  and 
wrote  anonymously  on  politics,  education,  newspapers, 
slavery,  and  other  subjects,  in  the  newspapers;  prepared 


INTRODUCTION.  xlHi 

his  speeches  in  the  Federal  Convention,  and  added  another 
section  to  his  autobiography. 

Begun  as  already  stated,  in  1771,  in  a  temporary  lull  of 
the  American  dispute,  the  life  was  laid  aside  after  having 
been  brought  down  only  to   1731.     Left  with  his  other- 
papers  when  he  sailed  for  France,  it  suffered  their  fate,, 
but  by  good  chance  was  rescued  by  his  old  friend,  Abel 
James,  who  was  so  charmed  by  the  reading  of  it  that  he 
sent  Franklin  a  copy  and   begged  him   to  complete  it. 
Franklin  sent  this  to  Benjamin  Vaughan ;  and  upon  receiv- 
ing his  approval  of  it,  in  1784,  though  without  his  notes 
and  materials,  and  not  even  having  a  copy  of  what  he  had 
written,  he  added  a  few  pages.     But  without  his  papers 
he  could  not  go  far,  and  once  more  it  was  laid  aside. 
Urged  to  it  by  his  friends,  he  in  1788  continued  the  narra- 
tive to  1757;  but  his  time  was  mortgaged  to  the  public,, 
and  when  at  last  it  became  his  own,  he  found  that  the- 
gout  and  stone  were  faster  workers  than  the  man,  and  they 
wrote  "finis"  to  the  real  life,  when  that  on  paper  had  but- 
passed  over  a  little  more  than  half  its  story. 
J^To  judge  Franklin  from  the  literary  standpoint  is  neither 
easy  nor  quite  fair.    The  printer  of  newspapers  and  pamph- 
lets was  almost  from  the  beginning  the  writer  of  them, , 
yet  he  never  was  a  literary  man  in  the  true  and  common, 
meaning  of   the  term.}  Omitting  his   scientific  writings, 
and  autobiography,  there  is  hardly  a  published  line  from* 
his  pen  which  was  not  anonymously  written  to  exert  a.. 
transient  influence,  fill  an  empty  column,  or  please  a  friend.. 
-4Phe  larger  part  of  his  writing  was  not  only  done  in  haste, 
but  never  even  read  in  proof,  and  printers  and  editors  often 
took  strange  liberties  in  the  way  of  omission  and  alteration.       > 
To  apply  the  ordinary  canons  of  literary  criticism  to  tirese  * 
productions  is  absurd,  i  Another  difficulty  in  attempting 
an  estimate  of  his  writings  is  their  variety  and  range  of 
subjectJ    Theoretical  and   polemical  theology,  sociology, 
morality,  philanthropy,  music,  education,  medicine,  phi- 
iv 


INTRODUCTION.  xlv 

losophy,  poetry,  politics,  political  and  natural  science,  all 
received  attention  from  his  mind  and  pen.  He  had  dis- 
tinct literary  ease  —  Poor  Richard  was  never  at  a  loss  for  an 
aphorism,  simile  or  story  to  illustrate  or  strengthen  an 
argument,  could  take  another's  idea  and  improve  it,  could 
imitate  other  and  by-gone  styles  of  writing,  could  refute  a 
whole  argument  by  a  dozen  words  scribbled  in  the  margin, 
and  write  letters  for  a  single  eye  of  as  much  interest  and 
excellence  as  the  piece  meant  to  be  read  by  thousands. 
Of  course  much  of  this  matter  is  printed  and  reprinted 
only  because  Franklin  wrote  it,  but  so  it  is  largely  of  writers 
who  have  made  literature  their  profession.  Some  of  it  is 
poorly,  some  coarsely  written.  IMuch  of  it,  save  to  the 
historian  or  antiquarian,  may  be  classed  with  Carlyle's 
"gone-nothingness,"  but\to  this  self-educated  boy  and 
busy,  practical  man,  we  owe  the  most 


raphy  ever  written;  the  piece  which  of  all  American  liter- 
ature has  been  the  oftenest  printed  and  translatecT^an  imi- 
tation of  a  chapter  of  the  Bible  which  would  be  an  addi- 
tion even  to  that  "Book  of  books;"  a  collection  of  social 
and  political  satires  which  may  stand  comparison  with 
those  of  almost  any  of  the  great  satirists^a  series  of  letters 
on  electricity  which  rank  high  in  that  science;  a  private 
correspondence  as  readable  as  Walpole's  or  Chesterfield's; 
and  a  selection  from  all  these  has  gone  through  more  edi- 
tions and  probably  been  more  read  in  the  last  hundred 
years  than  the  "works"  of  any  author  here  or  abroad. 
He  seems  to  have  hit  that  point  described  by  Poor  Rich- 
ard in  the  stanza: 

"Some  books  we  read,  tho'  few  there  are  that  hit 
The  happy  point  where  wisdom  joins  with  wit." 


* 
*   * 


:Poor  Richard  told  his  readers  that  "If  you  would  not  be 
forgotten,  as  soon  as  you  are  dead  and  rotten,  either  write 
things  worth  reading,  or  do  things  worth  the  writing," 


INTRODUCTION.  xlvii 

and  Franklin  was  so  busy  doing  both  these,  that  once 
written  and  sent  to  the  press,  his  contributions  to  litera- 
ture rarely  received  further  attention  from  him.  But  in 
addition  to  this  neglect,  fate  seems  to  have  conspired 
against  his  writings.  In  1776,  when  he  left  this  country, 
he  put  his  papers  in  the  care  of  his  friend,  Joseph  Gallo- 
way, who  within  a  year  became  a  fugitive  loyalist.  In  the 
confusions  of  the  two  evacuations  of  Philadelphia,  the 
trunk  containing  them  was  broken  open,  and  its  contents 
scattered  in  the  streets.  Nor  did  his  books  fare  much  bet- 
ter, for  English  officers  were  quartered  in  his  house,  and 
Major  Andre*  played  the  biblioklept  before  he  played  the 
spy. 

On  his  return  from  France,  Franklin  brought  with  him 
his  later  MSS.  and  books,  which  added  to  the  fragments 
of  his  former  collection,  probably  constituted  the  finest  one 
at  the  time  in  this  country.  By  his  will,  with  unimportant 
exceptions,  Franklin  left  these  to  his  grandson,  William 
Temple  Franklin.  The  latter  carried  Franklin's  own 
writings  and  part  of  his  library  to  England,  where  after 
putting  them  to  the  use  mentioned  elsewhere,  the  MSS. 
were  deposited  at  his  banker's,  and  the  books  were  hypoth- 
ecated, and  eventually  brought  back  to  America,  only  to 
be  scattered.  On  Temple  Franklin's  death,  his  widow 
left  the  MSS.  on  a  shelf  in  a  tailor's  shop,  from  which 
they  passed  into  the  possession  of  a  gentleman  who  sold 
them  to  Henry  Stevens,  from  whom  they  eventually  came 
to  their  proper  resting  place  in  the  Department  of  State. 
The  remainder  of  the  MSS.  and  library  were  left  in  Phila- 
delphia in  the  care  of  a  friend,  from  whom  the  former 
passed  to  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  and  the 
fragments  of  the  latter,  after  division  and  theft,  came  into 
the  possession  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania. 

Except  for  the  printer's  profits  on  some  of  his  earlier 
writings,  none  of  Franklin's  compositions  brought  him 
any  remuneration,  though  many  others,  and  especially 


INTRODUCTION.  xlix 

those  of  his  own  trade,  have  coined  money  from  his  brain. 
From  1759,  nearly  every  pamphlet  of  his  was  published 
without  his  knowledge,  or  at  once  pirated  as  soon  as> 
printed,  and  except  for  the  slight  assistance  given  to  the 
editors  of  the  three  editions  subsequently  mentioned,  no 
collected  edition  received  the  slightest  authorization  from 
him.  We  thus  owe  the  discovery  and  preservation  of  al- 
most his  entire  works  to  those  who  were  actuated  either  by 
friendship  or  hope  of  profit. 

In  1751,  when  Peter  Collinson  sent  Franklin's  letters  on 
electricity  to  the  press,  the  collecting  of  his  writings  began. 
These  passed  through  three  editions,  and  with  the  supple- 
mentary experiments  made  in  time  a  volume  of  some  size, 
which  in  1769,  was  further  increased  by  the  addition  of  his 
philosophical  writings  and  of  those  he  had  printed  in  the 
Gentleman1  s  Magazine  under  his  own  name.  This  edition, 
which  probably  passed  under  the  author's  eye,  was  reprinted 
in  1774. 

In  1772,  Barbeu  Dubourg,  a  French  friend  of  Franklin's, 
who  had  already  edited  some  of  his  tracts,  prepared  a  trans- 
lation into  French  of  this  edition,  with  additions,  in  which 
Franklin  gave  him  some  assistance,  so  far  as  the  supplying 
of  new  matter,  and  to  this  is  probably  due  the  appearance 
of  his  "Observations  on  the  Increase  of  Mankind,"  "Poor 
Richard,"  and  the  familiar  letters. 

In  1779,  Benjamin  Vaughan  collected  air  he  could  dis- 
cover of  the  political,  philosophical  and  miscellaneous 
writings  of  Franklin  which  had  not  been  printed  in  the 
edition  of  1769,  and  printed  them  as  a  companion  volume 
to  that  edition.  In  this  were  "The  Interest  of  Great  Brit- 
ain," "The  Albany  Papers,"  "Causes  of  the  American 
Discontents,"  "Prussian  Edict,"  "Rules  for  Reducing  a 
Great  Empire,"  and  a  number  of  other  pieces  first  printed 
here  as  his,  and  everything  printed  in  Dubourg's  edition 
which  had  not  been  already  printed  in  the  English  edition 
of  1769.  That  Franklin  made  suggestions  for  this  collec- 


INTRODUCTION.  H 

tion  is  beyond  doubt,  and  he  also  prepared  the  "  Addenda 
and  Corrigenda"  for  it,  which  is  the  nearest  approach  he 
made  to  editing  his  own  writings. 

In  1787,  Dr.  Edward  Bancroft  published  a  collection 
of  Franklin's  philosophical  and  miscellaneous  writings, 
wholly  limited  to  what  he  had  written  since  the  publica- 
tion of  the  edition  of  1779.  This  was  the  last  collection 
published  in  his  life  time. 

William  Temple  Franklin,  his  literary  legatee,  began 
the  preparation  of  an  edition  in  1790,  but  other  editors 
proved  themselves  faster  workers.  The  first  part  of  the 
autobiography  was,  in  spite  of  his  request,  printed  in  the 
French  language,  from  a  translation  made  of  one  of  the 
several  MS.  copies  which  were  in  existence  at  this  time, 
and  re-translations  of  this  were  quickly  made  and  printed 
in  England  and  America,  and  have  been  oftener  printed 
than  the  true  version. 

One  of  these  translations  was  made  by  Benjamin 
Vaughan,  to  which  he  added  a  collection  of  essays  and 
extracts  from  letters  which  had  not  been  printed  in  the 
three  previous  English  collections ;  and  this  edition  of 
1793,  with  minor  corrections  and  additions,  has  had  an 
almost  boundless  popularity,  considerably  more  than  one 
hundred  editions  of  it  having  been  printed. 

In  1806,  a  Mr.  Marshall,  assisted  by  Benjamin  Vaughan, 
collected  into  a  three-volume  edition  the  matter  contained 
in  the  four  English  collections  of  1769,  1779,  1787  and 
1793,  to  which  was  added  whatever  had  come  to  light 
since  they  were  printed.  This  was  the  first  edition,  there- 
fore, which  gave  the  purchaser  more  than  a  section  of 
Franklin's  works. 

The  long  delay  in  the  appearance  of  the  authorized  edi- 
tion of  Franklin's  writings,  as  well  as  the  sneers  of  the 
Edinburgh  Review  at  the  lack  of  an  American  edition 
led  William  Duane  to  begin  the  editing  and  publica- 
tion in  Philadelphia  of  a  six-volume  edition  in  1808, 


INTRODUCTION.  liii 

which  was  not  completed  till  1818.  Much  matter  was  in- 
cluded in  this  for  the  first  time,  and  here  was  printed  the 
largest  of  Franklin's  works,  the  "Historical  Review;" 
but  the  slip-shod  editing,  numerous  errors  and  poor  typo- 
graphical execution  seriously  marred  the  value  of  the 
edition. 

At  last,  in  1818,  Franklin's  literary  legatee  issued  three 
volumes  of  his  writings,  which  though  not  purporting  to 
be  his  complete  works,  added  much  to  what  had  theretofore 
been  printed  (except  in  the  Duane  edition),  and  included 
the  true  English  text  of  one  of  Franklin's  copies  of  the 
autobiography,  and  his  familiar  and  private  letters. 

From  this  time,  though  many  minor  collections  of  his 
writings  were  printed,  nothing  new  was  added  till  1833, 
when  Jared  Sparks  edited  a  small  volume  of  new  letters, 
some  of  his  political  pamphlets  and  annotations,  and  the 
" Craven  Street  Gazette." 

A  year  later,  William  Duane  re-edited,  with  corrections 
and  additions,  his  edition  of  1808-18,  and  published  it  in 
a  compact  two-volume  edition,  making  it  the  best  and 
most  serviceable  then  published. 

From  1836  to  1840,  Jared  Sparks  edited  his  ten-volume 
collection  of  Franklin's  works,  which  till  recently  was  the 
edition  of  his  writings,  and  which  even  now  is  not  entirely 
superseded.  The  editor  availed  himself  of  all  previous 
editions,  and  from  other  sources  added  much  new  matter; 
and  was  the  first  of  the  many  editors,  unless  we  except 
Benjamin  Vaughan,  who  seemed  to  have  the  slightest  idea 
of  what  an  editor's  duties  were.  In  his  other  literary  work 
he  laid  himself  open  to  severe  and  merited  criticism;  but 
this  cannot  apply  to  his  edition  of  Franklin. 

In  1868,  John  Bigelow  repaired  one  of  Temple  Frank- 
lin's most  serious  blunders  by  recovering  and  editing  the 
original  autobiography  as  Franklin  wrote  it. 

The  recent  edition  of  Franklin's  works  edited  by  this 
gentleman  fittingly  closes  this  resume"  of  Franklin  litera- 


INTRODUCTION.  lv 

ture.     As  great  an  advance  on  Sparks'  edition,  as  Sparks'    *  t 
was  on  the  previous  ones;  with  much  added  matter  and 
information,  and  the  correction  of  some  errors,  it  is  open 
to  but  two  criticisms — the  limited  edition  and  the  use  of 
the  word  "complete"  on  the  title  page. 

The  writings  of  Franklin  will  never  be  complete.  If 
his  known  or  recognizable  pamphlets  and  contributions  to 
periodicals  not  in  the  two  great  collections  of  his  writings 
(and  these  together  would  add  nearly  a  half  more  to  what 
has  been  collected)  were  brought  together  and  printed  with 
those  already  edited,  the  writings  would  still  only  be  a 
portion,  though  a  large  one,  of  what  he  wrote.  That 
these  will  in  time  be  gathered  is  hardly  to  be  questioned, 
and  in  this  future  collection  it  is  to  be  hoped  will  be  in- 
cluded his  hitherto  suppressed  or  expurgated  writings,  so 
that  we  may  have  all  sides  of  the  man,  and  judge  him  ac- 
cordingly. But  it  is  time  to  print  and  read  the  letters  of 

"Silence  Dogood  "  and  the  sayings  of  "Poor  Richard." 

* 

Franklin's  long  and  prominent  career  has  also  produced 
a  class  of  literature  which  must  be  noticed — that  written  I 
to  oppose  or  deal  with  his  acts,  opinions  or  personality.       / 

These  Frankliniana  began  in  1734,  in  the  prefaces  of  the 
almanacs  of  Titan  Leeds  and  John  Jerman,  rival  philo- 
maths of  Poor  Richard,  who  disliking  what  the  latter  had 
humorously  said  of  them,  replied  in  language  more  strong 
than  choice.  During  his  editorship  of  The  Pennsylvania 
Gazette,  he  occasionally  crossed  swords  with  the  rival 
newspaper,  The  American  Weekly  Mercury,  generally 
getting  from  that  sheet  as  good  as  he  sent,  and  in  this 
paper  appeared  John  Webbe's  side  of  the  controversy  over 
the  American  Magazine,  and  Franklin's  behavior  as  post-  • 
master.  His  Plain  Truth,  in  opposition  to  one  of  the 
Friends'  tenets,  with  the  subsequent  action  it  caused,  pro- 
duced a  pamphlet  warfare,  half  political,  half  religious  in 
its  nature. 


INTRODUCTION.  Ivii 

<Jr^ 

His  electrical  experiments  and  theories  produced  an  al- 
most endless  mass  of  literature,  from  the  writings  of  his 
ardent  exponents  and  defenders,  Dalibard,  Canton,  Wat- 
son, Henley,  Priestley,  Ingen-Housz,  Beccaria,  and  Win- 
throp,  to  those  of  Nollet  and  Wilson,  who  sneer  at  or 
endeavor  to  refute  his  theories,  and  who  prove  themselves 
little  better  scientists  than  Rev.  Thomas  Prince,  who  not 
only  declared  these  discoveries  unchristian,  but  in  his 
pamphlet  on  the  earthquake  of  1755,  charged  that  Frank- 
lin's lightning-rods,  by  drawing  the  electricity  from  the  air 
into  the  earth,  had  caused  that  great  natural  phenomenon. 

The  political  course  and  pamphlets  of  Franklin  during 
the  controversy  over  the  proprietary  government  in  Penn- 
sylvania gave  rise  to  a  series  of  most  bitter  and  partisan 
writings,  in  which  Franklin  was  savagely  attacked  by  Rev. 
William  Smith  and  Hugh  Williamson,  and  defended  by 
his  son  William  Franklin,  by  John  Hughes  and  Isaac 
Hunt,  while  the  whole  subject  was  treated  by  a  host  of 
anonymous  scribblers  in  press  and  pamphlet  with  a  person- 
ality and  indecency  never  equalled  by  any  other  American 
political  controversy. 

Charged  with  having  suggested,  planned  and  promoted 
the  passage  of  the  Stamp  Act,  he  was  vigorously  assailed 
in  this  country,  chiefly  by  those  who  were  already  ranked 
among  his  enemies,  and  these  charges  were  later  served  up 
to  his  disadvantage  in  England  by  Josiah  Tucker  and 
others. 

His  political  opinions  and  actions  on  the  Anglo-American 
disputes  were  praised  in  the  speeches  or  writings  of  Chat- 
ham, Burke,  Willoughby  and  Price,  and  criticised  with 
bitterness  and  ridicule  by  Wedderburn,  Mauduit,  Chalmers 
and  Tickell,  all  placemen  under  the  George  Ill-North 
government. 

Franklin's  proposed  "Articles  of  Confederation,"  though 
little  noticed  in  the  Congress,  provoked  some  discussion 
and  criticism  in  the  press.  The  Pennsylvania  Constitu- 


INTRODUCTION.  lix 

tion,  accredited  in  France  to  his  pen,  was  much  noticed  as 
such  there,  and  drew  forth  encomiums  from  Turgot, 
Mably  and  Price,  which  were  criticised  by  John  Adams. 

Franklin's  Commissionership  and  Ministry  to  France 
produced  much  criticism  and  controversy,  a  part  of  which 
was  from  Lord  Stbrmont,  and  "Grub  Street,"  which 
Franklin  called  "Stormonts,"  but  the  larger  part  was 
written  by  his  own  countrymen,  Arthur  Lee,  John  Adams 
and  Ralph  Izard,  all  of  whom  were,  we  fear,  partially  in- 
fluenced by  disappointment  in  diplomatic  advancement. 
But  for  a  suppression  by  the  endeavors  of  Washington,  he 
would  also  have  been  severely  handled  after  his  death  on 
these  same  grounds;  and  the  matter  has  been  largely  gone 
over  in  recent  histories  and  biographies. 

The  publication  of  a  surreptitious  and  inaccurate  version 
of  one  of  his  speeches  in  the  Federal  Convention,  in  which- 
he  gave  only  a  partial  approval  of  the  Constitution,  led  to- 
more  or  less  criticism  in  the  papers  by  Anti-Federalists, 
who  charged  him  with  supporting  a  government  which  he- 
did  not  like;  but  such  was  the  popularity  of  the  man  in 
these  last  years,  that  the  author  of  one  of  the  worst  of 
these  writings  found  it  policy  to  suppress  the  most  inde- 
cent part  of  it,  in  its  republication. 

On  his  death,  Franklin  was  eulogised  by  William  Smith,. 
Rochefoucauld,  Mirabeau,  Condorcet,  and  in  numerous, 
resolutions  passed  by  public  bodies  or  societies.  In  early- 
life  Franklin  had  written  a  satirical  "receipt"  for  a  fu- 
neral elegy,  and  when  Benjamin  Rush  attempted  a  few  sen- 
tences in  praise  of  Franklin  in  his  "Discourse"  before  the 
American  Philosophical  Society  in  1786,  Franklin  had 
taken  especial  pains  to  have  them  suppressed  in  the  printed 
copy;  but  I  think  he  would  have  enjoyed  listening  to  the 
glowing  periods  and  indiscriminate  panegyrics  of  William 
Smith,  and  then  have  read  over  the  lampoons  and  pasqui- 
nades with  which  the  reverend  gentleman  had  for  over  ten 
years  bedaubed  and  bespattered  him. 


INTRODUCTION.  Ixi 

Y  4. 

The  entire  life  and  character  of  Franklin  have  also  met  *^\ 
with  more  or  less  unfavorable  comment.  Ajscriter  who  /,*»  ^\ 
did  not  care  to  give  his  name  to  the  public  (thereby  show-  /J/J 
ing  his  wisdom)  published  in  1777  a  letter  on  him  which  \T 
is  not  worthy  of  notice,  even  as  an  attack,  for  his  chief 
charges  are  that  Franklin  was  self-educated  and  a  printer. 
In  1790,  a  Mr.  Wilmer,  a  fugitive  loyalist  from  Maryland, 
wrote  and  had  "printed  for  the  author"  what  purported 
to  be  a  "Memoir"  of  Franklin,  wherein  we  are  told  of  his 
having  to  fly  from  Boston  for  some  crime  there  committed, 
of  his  theft  and  utilization  of  others'  discoveries  in  elec- 
tricity, of  his  planning  of  the  Stamp  Act  and  other  politi- 
cal trickery,  and  of  the  many  women  whom  he  had  brought 
to  shame.  Another  Maryland  fugitive,  Jonathan  Boucher, 
who  in  1774  had  preached  a  sermon  holding  Franklin  up 
to  scorn,  in  1797  printed  it,  with  an  appendix  of  matter 
relating  to  Franklin,  made  up  chiefly  from  Wedderburn's 
speech  and  Wilmer's  "Memoir,"  with  the  additional 
charges  that  he  was  a  plagiarist  and  a  deist,  which  charges 
the  author  discusses  in  the  order  here  given.  William 
Cobbett,  while  in  America,  had  a  very  acrimonious  news- 
paper warfare  with  Benjamin  Franklin  Bache,  Franklin's 
grandson,  and  in  the  course  of  it,  as  one  method  of  attack, 
tells  the  grandson  and  his  readers  of  the  immorality, 
hypocrisy,  craft  and  meanness  of  "Old  Franklin,"  the 
"old  Zanga"  and  "malicious  old  hypocrite."  Another 
inimical  characterization  of  him  is  contained  in  Horace 
Smith's  Life  of  Rev.  William  Smith.  Franklin  had  been 
instrumental  in  obtaining  for  Smith  the  provostship  of  the 
Philadelphia  Academy,  and  according  to  his  own  state- 
ment had  made  him  an  "enemy  by  doing  him  too  much 
kindness."  At  all  events,  Smith  soon  became  one  of  the 
bitterest  and  most  active  workers  and  writers  of  the  politi- 
cal party  opposed  to  Franklin;  who  naturally  broke  with 
him,  and  in  private  letters  at  least  expressed  his  mind  of 
him  freely.  In  order  to  justify  his  ancestor,  the  author 


INTRODUCTION.  Ixiii 

of  this  biography  raked  together  all  he  could  find  discred- 
itable to  Franklin,  and  after  suppression  and  revision  by  a 
wiser  and  cooler  pen,  inserted  it  in  the  first  volume,  and 
then  in  the  second  volume  reprints  his  great-grandfather's 
funeral  "rhapsody"  on  Franklin,  in  which  he  is  painted 
with  every  greatness  and  virtue. 

In  spite  of  Franklin's  having  written  so  charming  a 
sketch  of  part  of  his  own  life,  he  has  been  a  favorite  sub- 
ject to  biographers.  Over  fifty  lives  of  him,  varying  in 
importance  from  the  long  and  full  ones  of  Mr.  Bigelow  and 
Mr.  Parton,  to  the  little  juveniles  which  even  the  author 
deemed  too  insignificant  to  give  his  or  her  name  have  been 
written;  while  in  both  his  contemporary  and  more  recent 
magazines,  or  collections  of  essays  are  contained  many  bio- 
graphical sketches  of  some  importance.  The  names  most 
noticeable  in  these  biographies  are  those  of  John  Bigelow, 
Edward  Everett,  Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  Theodore  Parker, 
James  Parton,  Robert  Walsh,  and  Robert  C.  Winthrop. 

But  this  by  no  means  ends  the  Franklin  literature.  We 
have  essays  and  tracts  dealing  with  particular  incidents  or 
matter  relating  to  him,  references  of  more  or  less  import- 
ance in  many  books,  birth-day  orations,  and  publications 
relating  to  statues,  pictures,  medals,  memorial  windows, 
and  other  monuments  to  commemorate  his  services  to  his 
country  and  mankind. 

This  great  mass  of  literature,  by,  pro,  and  con,  has  in 
turn  produced  a  large  number  of  critiques  and  reviews,  for 
the  most  part  anonymous,  and  buried  in  the  periodical  lit- 
erature of  many  countries.  Among  those  whose  author- 
ship is  known  we  find  the  names  of  Lord  Jeffrey,  Lord 
Brougham,  Josiah  Quincy,  Henry  T.  Tuckerman,  William 
Cullen  Bryant  and  Thomas  Hughes. 

Two  other  classes  of  books  are  connected  with  Frank- 
lin— those  addressed  to,  or  dedicated  to,  and  works  bear- 
ing his  imprint,  or  upon  which  he  is  known  to  have 
worked  as  a  journeyman  printer. 


INTRODUCTION.  Ixv 

* 
*    * 

With  the  production  of  these  Frankliniana  have  come 
special  collections  of  this  matter  in  public  and  private 
libraries,  outside  of  the  general  works  which  could  be  ob- 
tained with  ease. 

First  among  these  is  the  Boston  Public  Library.  Mr. 
Justin  Winsor,  in  1869,  began  the  systematic  collection 
of  a  Franklin  alcove,  on  the  ground  "that  Franklin  is  to 
Boston"  as  Shakespeare  is  to  England.  In  1881,  Dr.  Sam- 
uel A.  Green  presented  the  library  with  one  hundred  and 
fifty  volumes,  and  by  purchase,  gift,  and  exchange,  the 
collection  now  numbers  over  six  hundred  volumes,  writ- 
ten by,  printed  by,  or  relating  to  "Boston's  boy." 

The  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania  has  the  frag- 
ments, being  some  hundred  and  fifty  volumes  of  bound 
pamphlets,  of  Franklin's  library,  purchased  from  the  Ath- 
enaeum, which  had  bought  them  of  William  Duane.  It 
contains  few  of  Franklin's  own  pieces,  but  many  that  are 
of  interest  as  dedicated  to,  presented  to,  or  otherwise  con- 
nected with  him.  The  Society  also  has  the  finest  collec- 
tion of  his  Philadelphia  imprints,  a  scrap-book  of  MSS., 
clippings,  and  relics  relating  to,  and  a  collection  of  some 
two  hundred  volumes  of  his  writings  and  other  miscellane- 
ous books,  mostly  the  duplicates  and  additions  collected 
by  Henry  Stevens  in  connection  with  his  "Stevens-Frank- 
lin Collection." 

In  the  Library  of  Congress  are  the  two  hundred  volumes 
collected  by  Henry  Stevens  and  sold  to  the  U.  S.  Govern- 
ment in  the  "Stevens-Franklin  Collection,"  and  the  library 
already  had  nearly  one  hundred  volumes  relating  to  him. 

The  Lenox  Library  has  a  number  of  Franklin  imprints, 
including  the  finest  set  of  Poor  Richard's  Almanacs  I  have 
seen,  and  a  number  of  pamphlets  with  autograph  annota- 
tions by  Franklin,  which  were  stolen  from  the  Philadel- 
phia Athenaeum,  and  bought  by  this  library  at  the  auction 
sale  of  Mr.  George  Brinley's  books. 


INTRODUCTION.  Ixvii 

The  library  of  the  British  Museum  has  nearly  two  hun- 
dred volumes  of  Frankliniana,  but  little  of  rarity. 

Of  private  collections  of  books,  I  have  only  made  use 
or  know  of  those  of  Mr.  George  Brinley,  sold  at  auction 
in  1880,  which  contained  some  hundred  and  fifty  volumes, 
for  the  most  part  of  rare  and  interesting  books;  and  that 
of  Mr.  Gordon  L.  Ford,  of  Brooklyn,  which  numbers  some 
two  hundred  volumes,  the  rarities  of  which  are  sufficiently 
noticed  in  the  body  of  this  list. 

In  the  Department  of  State  at  Washington  are  the  MSS. 
of  the  Stevens-Franklin  Collection,  together  with  the 
Franklin  MSS.  in  the  papers  of  the  Continental  Congress. 
In  the  American  Philosophical  Society  are  the  bulk  of  the 
letters  to  Franklin  by  his  friends  and  correspondents,  fill- 
ing over  fifty  volumes.  The  Yale  College,  Harvard  Col- 
lege, and  New  York  Historical  Society  libraries  also  pos- 
sess MSS.  written  by  and  relating  to  him. 

Mr.  Clarence  S.  Bement  and  Mr.  Charles  R.  Hildeburn, 
both  of  Philadelphia,  have  fine  collections  of  the  engraved 
portraits  of  Franklin,  the  former  containing  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  four  hundred,  and  the  latter  over  three  hun- 
dred. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Huntington,  an  ardent  Franklinist  and  anti- 
quary, formed  a  very  fine  collection  of  Franklin  matter, 
which  on  his  death  he  left  to  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of 
New  York;  but  for  reasons  given  elsewhere,  the  compiler 
is  unable  to  state  the  nature  of  the  collection.  Many  other 
collections  have  been  examined,  but  these  seem  all  requir- 
ing mention. 


* 
*  * 


The  attempt  to  first  catalogue  any  proportion  of  this 
matter  was  made  by  Joseph  Sabin,  who  in  his  Dictionary 
of  Books  relating  to  America,  under  the  head  of  Franklin, 
described  with  more  or  less  fulness  not  quite  two  hundred 
works,  and  here  a  number  of  errors  have  led  his  successors 
into  mistakes  which  I  have  endeavored  to  correct  in  this 


INTRODUCTION.  IxiX 

work.  This  list  was  reprinted  with  additions  in  the  third 
volume  of  Mr.  Bigelow's  Life  of  Franklin. 

In  Mr.  Stevens'  Bibliographic  Essay  on  Franklin,  he  de- 
scribes with  accuracy,  and  often  with  interesting  notes,  the 
two  hundred  works  contained  in  his  Stevens-Franklin 
Collection. 

The  most  exhaustive  list,  however,  is  that  written  by 
Mr.  Lindsay  Swift,  and  printed  by  the  Boston  Public  li- 
brary. This  contains  titles  not  only  of  the  five  hundred 
and  fifty  volumes  then  in  that  library,  but  also  of  all  others 
that  were  given  by  Sabin,  Hildeburn,  Stevens,  or  other 
bibliographers.  It  contains  not  only  the  works  by  or  re- 
lating to  him,  but  also  a  list  of  the  productions  of  his 
press. 

The  Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  British  Museum 
describes  with  satisfactory  fulness  the  works  relating  to 
him  in  that  library. 

In  Mr.  Charles  R.  Hildeburn's  Issues  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Press  are  catalogued  with  great  fulness  and  accuracy 
the  issues  of  Franklin's  Philadelphia  printing  office. 

In  the  various  issues  of  Poole's  and  Fletcher's  Indices 
of  Periodical  Literature  are  given  a  proportion  of  the  mag- 
azine literature  relating  to  Franklin. 


* 
*  * 


From  all  these  lists  the  compiler  has  derived  much  aid, 
which  -he  has  endeavored  to  acknowledge  in  the  proper 
places.  He  has  also  examined  the  collections  of  books 
already  described,  with  the  exception  of  that  in  the  Metro- 
politan Museum,  to  which  access  was  forbidden,  with  gross 
rudeness,  by  Prof.  Isaac  H.  Hall.  With  this  solitary  ex- 
ception the  compiler  has  received  the  utmost  courtesy  and 
aid  from  the  librarians  and  curators  of  both  these  larger 
collections  and  many  of  lesser  importance. 

From  these  two  sources  the  following  list  has  been 
chiefly  compiled,  though  much  has  been  collected  from 
many  books  and  individuals.  The  compiler  owes  thanks 


INTRODUCTION.  Ixxi 

to  Mr.  Lindsay  Swift  and  Dr.  Samuel  A.  Green,  of  Boston; 
Mr.  Gordon  L.  Ford  and  Mr.  Worthington  C.  Ford,  of 
Brooklyn;  Mr.  John  Bigelow,  Mr.  George  H.  Moore,  Mr. 
W.  Eames,  and  Mr.  William  Kelby,  of  New  York;  Mr. 
Charles  R.  Hildeburn,  Mr.  F.  D.  Stone,  Mr.  Bum  ford 
Samuels  and  Mr.  Henry  Phillips,  of  Philadelphia;  and 
Mr.  A.  R.  Spofford  and  Mr.  Theodore  F.  Dwight,  of  Wash- 
ington, for  their  assistance  and  courtesy ;  and  especial 
thanks  and  gratitude  to  Mr.  Lindsay  Swift,  Mr.  W.  W. 
Pasko,  and  Mr.  W.  Eames,  for  their  comparisons  and  cor- 
rections of  the  proof  sheets  of  this  list. 

PAUL  LEICESTER  FORD. 
97  Clark  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


I. 


BOOKS  AND 


OR  PARTLY  WRITTEN  BY 


FRANKLIN. 


*%.  The  titles  in  this  part  are  arranged  chronologically  under  the 
year  in  which  they  were  written,  and  editions  of  each  grouped  chrono- 
logically under  the  first  edition.  Collected  works  are  arranged  under 
the  date  of  printing,  except  reprints,  which  are  grouped  under  the  first 
edition.  All  editions  of  Father  Abraham,  however,  even  if  containing 
other  pieces,  are  classed  under  that  heading,  and  all  editions  of  the 
Autobiography  are  gathered  in  one  series. 


///p.   Ballad. 

[The  Lighthouse  Tragedy.     Boston :  Printed  by  James 
Franklin.] 

Broadside.  I 

77/9.  Ballad. 

[The  Taking  of  Teach,  the  Pirate.     Boston:  Printed  by 

James  Franklin.] 

Broadside.  2 

***  Hypothetical  titles  of  two  pieces,  not  now  extant,  though  the  in- 
ventive Mr:  Weems,  in  his  Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  gives  a  stanza 
from  the  second  (which  fortunately  for  Franklin,  we  know  to  be  by 
another  hand),  and  The  Memorial  History  of  Boston  (n.,  174),  sug- 
gests another,  on  no  better  authority. 

**#  "  I  now  took  a  fancy  to  poetry,  and  made  some  little  pieces;  my 
brother,  thinking  it  might  turn  to  account,  encouraged  me,  and  put  me 
on  composing  occasional  ballads.  One  was  called  7^he  Lighthouse 
Tragedy,  and  contained  an  account  of  the  drowning  of  Captain  Worth- 
ilake,  with  his  two  daughters;  the  other  was  a  sailor's  song,  on  the 
taking  of  Teach  (or  Blackbeard)  the  pirate.  They  were  wretched  stuff, 
in  the  Grub-street-ballad  style;  and  when  they  were  printed  he  sent  me 
abput  the  town  to  sell  them.  The  first  sold  wonderfully,  the  event 
being  recent,  having  made  a  great  noise.  This  flattered  my  vanity; 
but  my  father  discouraged  me  by  ridiculing  my  performances,  and 
telling  me  verse-makers  were  generally  beggars."  Autobiography,  93. 

77.27.    The  New  England  Courant. 

The    [No.    i  /  New   England    Courant  /  from   Monday, 

August    17,    to    Monday,    August    24,    1721.  /  [colophon] 

Boston:    Printed   by  James   Franklin,    in   Queen   Street, 

where  /  Advertisements  are  taken  in.  [?] 

Folio.  3 

***  This,  the  fifth  paper  published  in  what  is  now  the  United  States, 
was  printed  by  the  brother  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  who  as  his  apprentice 
aided  in  its  manufacture  from  its  commencement;  was  the  real  pub- 
lisher during  his  brother's  imprisonment,  and  the  ostensible  publisher 
after  the  Massachusetts  House  of  Representatives  had  forbidden  James 
Franklin  to  continue  its  publication;  and  under  his  name  it  was  pub- 

[I] 


3-5]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OP   FRANKLIN.  [3 

lished  till  long  after  he  had  run  away  from  his  brother,  if  not  till  the 
discontinuance  of  the  paper. 

**,(.  But  in  addition  to  this  connection  with  Franklin,  this  paper  is 
still  more  interesting  as  containing  the  first  of  Franklin's  writings  now 
extant.  Under  the  pseudonym  of  "Silence  Dogood "  Franklin  com- 
menced in  No.  35  (March  26,  1722)  a  series  of  essays,  "in  the  manner 
of  the  Spectator"  on  a  variety  of  subjects,  which  are  among  the  most 
charming  and  readable  of  his  writings,  but  as  yet  not  printed  in  any 
edition  of  his  works,  though  Buckingham  in  1850  (Specimens  of  News- 
paper Literature,  i,  62),  in  reprinting  portions  of  two,  accredited  them 
to  Franklin's  pen;  and  Franklin  in  his  outline  of  the  autobiography 
virtually  claims  them  for  hirdself.  It  is  probable  that  Franklin  wrote 
other  pieces  for  the  Courant,  but  which  they  are  is  largely  guess-work. 

**#  In  1856,  the  first  number  of  the  paper  published  in  Benjamin 
Franklin's  name  was  reprinted  as  follows: 

The  [No.  80  /  New  England  Courant.  /  From  Monday,  February  4  to 
Monday,  February  n,  1723.  [colophon]  Boston:  Printed  and  sold  by 
Benjamin  Franklin  in  Queen  Street,  where  /  Advertisements  are  taken 
in.  /  Fac-Simile  of  the  first  Paper  ever  issued  by  Franklin,  and  /  now 
printed  (Sept.  17,  1856)  on  a  press  once  used  by  him. 

Folio,     i  1.  B.     4 

***  An  imperfect  file  is  in  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 

1725.  Dissertation  on  Liberty  and  Necessity.  London.  1725. 
A  /  Dissertation  /  on  /  Liberty  and  Necessity,  /  Pleasure 

and    Pain.  / /  London:  /  Printed   in   the    year 

MDCCXXV. 

8vo.     pp.  32.  P.I,.,  c.     5 

**#  "At  Palmer's  I  was  employed  in  composing  for  the  second  edi- 
tion of  Wollaston's  'Religion  of  Nature.'  Some  of  his  reasonings 
not  appearing  to  me  well  founded,  I  wrote  a  little  metaphysical  piece 
in  which  I  made  remarks  on  them.  It  was  entitled  'A  Dissertation  on 
Liberty  and  Necessity,  Pleasure  and  Pain.'  I  enscribed  it  to  my  friend 
Ralph;  I  printed  a  small  number.  It  occasion'd  my  being  more  con- 
sider'd  by  Mr.  Palmer  as  a  young  man  of  some  ingenuity,  tho'  he 
seriously  expostulated  with  me  upon  the  principles  of  my  pamphlet, 
which  to  him  appear'd  abominable.  My  printing  this  pamphlet  was 
another  erratum."  Autobiography,  141. 

.      #*#  ' '  There  were  only  a  hundred  copies  printed,  of  which  I  gave  a 
1,  few  to  friends;  and  afterwards  disliking  the  piece,  as  conceiving  it 
might  have  an  ill  tendency,   I  burnt  the  rest,  except  one  copy." 
Franklin  to  Vaughan. 

#*#  Mr.  Sparks  searched  in  vain  for  this  so-called  "wicked  tract "  of 
Franklin's,  and  it  is  therefore  omitted  in  his  edition  of  the  Writings; 


5~8]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF  FRANKLIN.  [5 

as  also  in  Mr.  Bigelow's;  though  Mr.  Parton  had  printed  it  entire  in 
the  appendix  to  his  Life  of  Franklin,  from  a  MS.  copy  of  the  original 
tract,  two  of  which  have  been  discovered  by  Henry  Stevens.  Of  these 
Mr.  Stevens  wrote:  "Then  there  was  Franklin's  'Liberty  and  Neces- 
sity,' London,  1725,  bought  for  2s.6d.,  offered  to  the  British  Museum 
with  its  story  for  one  guinea  and  declined  on  account  of  price,  then 
offered  to  Mr.  Brown  and  Mr.  Lenox  at  five  guineas  and  declined  by 
both;  subsequently  thrown  into  auction  at  Messrs.  Puttick  &  Simpson's 
with  nearly  a  half  page  note,  where  it  fetched  19  guineas,  and  was 
bought  by  Mr.  Hotten  against  the  British  Museum;  on  Mr.  Hotten's 
death  in  1872  it  was  sold  again  by  Puttick  &  Simpson  for  ^"22  IDS.  [to 
Henry  Huth]  again  against  the  British  Museum.  Neither  the  Museum 
nor  Mr.  Brown  nor  Mr.  Lenox  ever  secured  this  rare  little  book.  My 
own  copy  (for  I  had  a  duplicate)  is  now  slumbering  in  the  '  Stevens 
Franklin  Collection  '  in  the  Department  of  State  at  Washington  .  .  . 
in  which  I  had  valued  it  at  ^"100.  It  is  rather  remarkable  that  both  of 
the  only  two  copies  now  known,  out  of  the  100  that  Franklin  printed 
himself  at  Palmer's  at  the  age  of  18,  should  have  thus  passed  through 
my  hands." 

+\  Franklin  is  evidently  mistaken  in  saying  that  it  was  the  second 
edition  of  Wollaston;  for  that  was  published  before  the  author's  death, 
October  29,  1724,  while  Franklin  did  not  reach  London  till  December 
24,  1724.  Hence  he  must  have  worked  on  the  third  edition,  printed  in 
1725,  with  the  following  title:  The  /  Religion  /of/  Nature  /  Delineated 
/  .....  /  London:  /  Printed  by  Samuel  Palmer,  in  Bartholomew- 
Close,  /  and  sold  by  B.  Lintot,  W.  and  J.  Innys,  J.  Osborn  and  /  T. 
Longman,  andj.  Batley.  1725.  4to.  pp.  219,  (12).  c.,  B.  6 


Dissertation  on  Liberty  and  Necessity.  Dublin: 
A  /  Dissertation  /  on  /  Liberty  and  Necessity,  /  Pleasure 
and  Pain.  /  In  a  Letter  to  a  Friend  /    .....    /  Dublin  : 
/  Printed  in  the  year  MDCCXXXIII. 

8vo.     pp.  16.  c.     7 

***  Franklin  did  not  know  of  this  edition,  and  Mr.  Stevens  claims 
that  the  copy  contained  in  his  "Franklin  Collection  "  is  "believed  to 
be  unique,"  rendering  it  probable  that  it  is  the  same  copy  which  Mr. 
James  Crossley  describes  in  Notes  and  Queries,  first  series,  v.  6. 

77^5.   Dissertation  on  Liberty  and  Necessity.  London.  1854. 

A  /  Dissertation  /  on  /  Liberty  and  Necessity,  /  Pleasure 

and    Pain.  /    .....    /  London:  /  Printed    in   the   Year 

MDCCXXV.     [colophon]    ...    a   facsimile    reprint    by 


8-1 1]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [7 

Charles  Whittingham  .    .    .  from  the  /  original  edition  in 
the  possession  of  Henry  Stevens  .    .    .   /  London. 

8vo.     pp.  32.  P.  H.  S.     8 

#*»  Only  25  copies  printed. 

***  In  the  catalogue  of  the  Stevens'  Franklin  Collection,  there  is 
given  a  title  of  an  edition  of  this  pamphlet,  printed  with  two  prefaces, 
in  London  in  1881,  but  it  was  never  completed. 

1728.  Rules  for  a  Club. 

23enjamtn  granfltn'S  /  Rules  for  a  Club  established  in  Phil- 
adelphia, /  iibertraflen  unt>  auSfleleflt  /  alS  /  ©tatut  fur  eine  ©cfttt- 
fcfyaft  »on  ^rfunbfn  /  toer  £umanitat  /  son  /  3ofcann  ©ottfrieb  Better.  / 
1792.  /  2lu3  bem  9?ad)Ia§  »eroffentlid)t  /  unfc  /  Sbuarb  ©imfon  /  gum  22. 
5D7at  1883  /  jugeetgnet  /  »on  /  23ernf>art>  ©upfyan,  /  23erltn,  /  2Beib- 
ntoinn)d)e  33ud)f)flnt>lung. 

Sm.  4to.    pp.  30.  B.,  P.  H.  s.     9 

*"*  The  constitution  of  the  "Junto." 

.   Enquiry  into  Paper  Money. 

A  Modest  /  Enquiry  /  into  the  /  Nature  and  Necessity  / 
of  a  /  Paper-Currency.  /  ...  /  ...  /  ...  /  Phila- 
delphia: /  Printed  and  Sold  at  the  New  Printing-  /  Office, 
near  the  Market,  1729. 

8vo.     pp.  36.  P.,  P.  H.  S.,  C.     10 

**#  "About  this  time  there  was  a  cry  among  the  people  for  more 
paper  money,  only  fifteen  thousand  pounds  being  extant  in  the  prov- 
ince, and  that  soon  to  be  sunk.  The  wealthy  inhabitants  oppos'd  any 
addition,  being  against  all  paper  currency,  from  an  apprehension  it 
would  depreciate,  as  it  had  done  in  New  England,  to  the  prejudice  of 
all  creditors.  We  had  discuss'd  this  point  in  our  Junto,  where  I  was 
on  the  side  of  an  addition,  being  persuaded  that  the  first  small  sum 
struck  in  1723  had  done  much  good  .  .  .  Our  debates  possess'd  me  so 
fully  of  the  subject,  that  I  wrote  and  printed  an  anonymous  pamphlet 
on  it.  ...  It  was  well  receiv'd  by  the  common  people  in  general;  but 
the  rich  men  dislik'd  it,  for  it  increas'd  and  strengthen'd  the  clamor 
for  more  money,  and  they  happening  to  have  no  writers  among  them 
that  were  able  to  answer  it,  their  opposition  slacken'd,  and  the  point 
was  carried  by  a  majority  in  the  House."  Autobiography,  185. 

Pennsylvania  Gazette. 

Numb.  XL.  /  The  Pennsylvania  Gazette.  /  Containing 
the  freshest  Advices  Foreign  and  Domestic.  /  From  Thurs- 


11-12]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [9 

day,  September  25.  to  Thursday,  October  2.  1729.  /    .    .    . 
[colophon]    Philadelphia:    Printed    by    B.    Franklin   and 
H.  Meredith,  at  the  New  Printing-Office  near  the  Market, 
where  Advertisements  /  are  taken  in,  and  all  Persons  may 
be  supplied  with  this  Paper,  at  Ten  Shillings  a  year. 

Folio  and  4to.  p.,  p.  H.  s.     n 

***  Continued,  with  many  changes  of  title,  imprint,  and  size  till  1821. 
r~  #*x  The  publication  of  a  newspaper  was  one  of  Franklin's  pet 
/  schemes,  but  having  mentioned  the  idea  to  others,  it  was  seized  upon 
/  by  Keimer  (a  rival  printer),  who  forestalled  him  by  starting  "The  Uni- 
<~~^-®ersal  Instructor  in  all  Arts  and  Sciences,  or  The  Pennsylvania  Gazette,  '  ' 
which  he  printed  till  its  fortieth  number,  when  having  disposed  of  his 
printing  office,  he  parted  with  it  to  Franklin  at  a  nominal  sum,  having 
at  that  time  ninety  subscribers.  With  Number  40  the  title  was  cur- 
tailed to  "The  Pennsylvania  Gazette"  and  it  became  the  leading 
newspaper  of  the  day,  with  a  large  circulation  and  advertising  patron- 
age. For  nearly  twenty  years  (1729-1748),  Franklin  was  virtually  the 
sole  editor  and  proprietor,  and  for  eighteen  more  (1748-1766)  jointly  so 
with  David  Hall.  A  few  of  the  articles  which  it  was  supposed  he 
wrote  for  the  paper  were  printed  in  Duane's  edition  of  his  writings, 
from  which  they  were  taken  by  W.  T.  Franklin,  Sparks,  and  Bigelow 
for  their  editions,  though  the  former  two  expressed  doubts  as  to  some 
of  them.  In  both  Parton's  and  McMaster's  biographies,  other  pieces 
are  ascribed  to  his  pen,  not  hitherto  printed  as  his.  That  Franklin 
contributed  many  pieces  is  hardly  to  be  questioned,  but  it  is  equally 
certain  that  few  of  them  can  be  awarded  to  him  with  sufficient  evidence 
to  entitle  them  to  a  place  in  his  writings. 

.£**  In  spite  of  its  large  circulation,  no  complete  series  is  at  present 
known  to  exist,  those  in  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania  and 
the  Library  Company  of  Philadelphia  being  the  most  perfect.  In 
Hildeburn's  "Issues  of  the  Press  in  Pennsylvania"  is  a  most  minute 
and  careful  collation  of  as  perfect  a  file  as  could  be  found.  Brief  his- 
tories of  the  paper  are  printed  in  Thomas'  '  ''History  of  Printing  in 
America;"  "Potter's  American  Monthly  "  iv.  7;  and  "The  Magazine 
of  American  History"  xv.  452. 


1732.  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for 

Poor  Richard,  1733.  /  An  /  Almanack  /  For  the  Year  of 
Christ  /  1733,  /  Being  the  First  after  Leap  Year;  /  And 
makes  since  the  Creation  Year's  /  By  the  Account  of  the 
Eastern  Greeks  7241  /  By  the  Latin  Church,  when  Q  ent  T 
6932  /  By  the  Computation  of  W.  W.  5742  /  By  the  Roman 


12]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [ll 

Chronology  5682  /  By  the  Jewish  Rabbies  5494  /  Wherin 
is  contained  /  The  Lunations,  Eclipses,  Judgment  of  /  the 
Weather,  Spring  Tides,  Planets  Motions  &  /  mutual  As- 
pects, Sun  and  Moon's  Rising  and  Set-  /  ting,  Length  of 
Days,  Time  of  High  Water,  /  Fairs,  Courts,  and  observable 
Days.  /  Fitted  to  the  Latitude  of  Forty  Degrees,  /  and  a 
Meridian  of  Five  Hours  West  from  London,  /  but  may 
without  sensible  Error,  serve  all  the  ad-  /  jacent  Places, 
even  from  Newfoundland  to  South-  /  Carolina.  /  By  Rich- 
ard Saunders,  Philom.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold 
by  B.  Franklin,  at  the  New  /  Printing-Office  near  the 

Market  [1732.] 

Sm.  8vo.    pp.  (24).  12 

#*#  "  In  1732  I  first  publish'd  my  Almanack,  under  the  name  of 
Richard  S&ttftaers  ;  it  was  continu'd  by  me  about  twenty-five  years, 
commonly  call'd  Poor  Richard's  Almanac.  I  endeavor'd  to  make  it 
both  entertaining  and  useful,  and  it  accordingly  came  to  be  in  such  de- 
mand, that  I  reap'd  considerable  profit  from  it,  vending  annually  near 
ten  thousand.  And  observing  that  it  was  generally  read,  scarce  any 
neighborhood  in  the  province  being  without  it,  I  consider'd  it  as  a 
proper  vehicle  for  conveying  instruction  among  the  common  people, 
who  bought  scarcely  any  other  books ;  I  therefore  filled  all  the  little 
spaces  that  occur'd  between  the  remarkable  days  in  the  calendar  with 
proverbial  sentences,  chiefly  such  as  inculcated  industry  and  frugality, 
as  the  means  of  procuring  wealth,  and  thereby  securing  virtue."  Ai4- 
tobiography,  235. 

#*#  Poor  Richard  is  beyond  question  the  most  famous  of  almanacs, 
and  is,  with  but  one  exception,  the  most  charming  and  readable  of 
Franklin's  writings.  Yet  the  series  has  never  been  reprinted,  and 
(except  the  few  extracts  given  in  the  later  editions  of  his  writings,  and 
the  uncompleted  attempt  of  Mr.  Doggett  mentioned  below),  can  only 
be  consulted  in  the  original  issues,  which  are  of  the  greatest  rarity, 
and,  as  shown  by  the  following  list,  widely  scattered : 
1733.  p-  H-  S.,  A.  P.  S.  1742.  C.,  P.  1751.  I,.,  P.  H.  S.,  P. 

1734-  1743-  C.,  P.  1752.  I,.,  P.  H.  S.,  C.,  P. 

1735-  1744-    P-  H.  S.,  P.  1753.    I,.,  P.  H.  S.,  C.,  P. 

1736.  L.,  P.  H.  S.  1745.  I,.,  P.  1754.  I,.,  P.  H.  S.,  C.,  P. 

1737.  I,.,  P.  H.  S.  1746.  I,.,  P.  1755.  I,.,  P.  H.  S.,  C.,  P. 

1738.  I,.,  P.  1747.  I,.,  p.                              1756.  I,.,  P.  H.  S.,  C.,  P. 
1739-  P-  1748.  L.,  P.  H.  S.,  C.,  P.  1757.  I,.,  P.  H.  S.,  C.,  P. 

1740.  I,.,  C.,  P.  1749.    I,.,  P.  H.  S.,  P.          1758.    I,.,  P.  H.  S.,  C.,  P. 

1741.  P.  H.  S.,  C.,  P.         1750.   P.  H.  S.,  C.,  P. 


I2-I8]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [13 

*%  The  fame  of  the  almanac  has  made  it  a  popular  title  for  other 
series,  which  as  they  contain  nothing  of  Franklin's,  I  have  merely  in- 
cluded in  the  Reference  List.  John  Doggett,  however,  began  to  reprint 
the  whole  series,  so  far  as  "the  editorial  matter  of  Franklin"  in  the 
following : 

"Poor  Richard."  /  Poor  Richard's  Almanac  /  for  /  1850,  /  as  written 
by  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  for  the  years  /  1733-1734-1735.  /  The  Astro- 
nomical calculations  /  by  Prof.  Benj.  Peirce,  of  Harvard  University, 

/ /  To  which  is  added,  /  the  Commencement  of  the  Life  /  of  / 

the  Great  Philosopher,  /  Written  by  Himself  /  Annual  Illustrated  Edi- 
tion. /  New- York:  /John  Doggett,  Jr.,  64  Liberty-Street,  /  .  .  .  /  1849. 
/  i2mo.,  pp.  60,  plates,  covers.  B.,  p.  H.  s.  13 

"  Poor  Richard."  /  Poor  Richard's  Almanac  /  for  /  1851,  /  as  written 
by  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  for  the  years  /  1736-1737-1738.  /  .  .  .  /  New- 
York:  /  John  Doggett,  Jr.,  59  Liberty-Street.  / 1850.  I2mo.,  pp.  60, 
plates,  covers.  B.,  P.  H.  S.  14 

Poor  Richard's  Almanac  /  for  /  1852,  /  as  written  by  /  Benjamin 

Franklin,  /  for  the  years/ 1739-1740-1741.  / /  New- York :/ 

John  Doggett,  Jr.,  59  Liberty-Street.  /  1851.  I2mo.,  pp.  48,  plates, 
covers.  B.,  p.  H.  S.  15 

#\  All  ever  printed. 

1732.  Poor  Richards  Almanac  for  1733. 

Poor  Richard,  1733.  /  [*I2^]  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed 
and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  the  New  /  Printing-Office  near 
the  Market.  /  The  Third  Impression. 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  24.  p.  H.  s.     16 

1732.  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1733. 

Poor  Richard,  1733.  /  [^is^]  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed 
and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  the  New  /  Printing-Office  near 
the  Market  /  [Reprinted  in  fac-simile,  Philadelphia:  G.  S. 
Appleton,  1847.] 

i2mo.    pp.  2,  36.  i,.,  B.    17 

#**  With  a  preface  by  Charles  Marshall.  It  was  an  advertising 
dodge. 

Z733-  P°°r  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1734. 

Poor  Richard,    1734.      An  Almanack  for  the  Year  of 

Christ,    1734, By   Richard   Saunders,    Philom. 

Philadelphia:  Printed  and  sold  by  B.   Franklin,    at   the 
New  Printing-Office  near  the  Market.   [1733.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (24).  18 


I9~2l]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [15 

1734-  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanack  for  1735. 

Poor  Richard,  1735.  An  Almanack  for  the  Year  of 
Christ,  1735,  .....  By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom. 
Philadelphia:  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  the  New 
Printing-Office  near  the  Market.  [1734.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (24).  19 

/7J5".  Introduction  to  Moral  Distiches. 

Cato's  /  Moral  /  Distiches  /  Englished  in  Couplets.  [By 
James  Logan]  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  B. 
Franklin,  1735. 

4to.    pp.  vi,  23.  p.     20 

#\  Includes  an  introduction  from  "The  Printer  to  the  Reader." 
The  work  is  reprinted,  and  fully  described  in  Phile's  Philobiblion,  n.  25. 


-  Defense  of  Hemphill. 
A  /  Defense  /  Of  the  Rev.   Mr.   Hemphill's  /  Observa- 
tions: /  or,  An  /  Answer  /  to  the  /  Vindication  of  the  Reve- 
/  rend  Commission.  /    .....    /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed 
and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin  at  the  New  Printing-  /  Office  near 
the  Market.     1735. 

8vo.,  pp.  47,  (i).  B.     21 

#*#  "About  the  year  1734  there  arrived  among  us  from  Ireland  a 
young  Presbyterian  preacher,  named  Hemphill,  who  delivered  with  a 
good  voice,  and  apparently  extempore,  most  excellent  discourses,  which 
drew  together  considerable  numbers  of  different  persuasions,  who 
join'd  in  admiring  them.  Among  the  rest,  I  became  one  of  his  con- 
stant hearers,  his  sermons  pleasing  me,  as  they  had  little  of  the  dog- 
matical kind,  but  inculcated  strongly  the  practise  of  virtue  .  .  .  Those, 
however,  of  our  congregation,  who  considered  themselves  as  orthodox 
Presbyterians,  disapprov'd  his  doctrine,  and  were  join'd  by  most  of  the 
old  clergy,  who  arraign  'd  him  of  heterodoxy  before  the  synod,  in 
order  to  have  him  silenc'd.  I  became  his  zealous  partisan,  and  con- 
tributed all  I  could  to  raise  a  party  in  his  favor.  .  .  .  There  was  much 
scribbling  pro  and  con  upon  the  occasion;  and  finding  that,  tho'  an 
elegant  preacher,  he  was  but  a  poor  writer,  I  lent  him  my  pen,  and 
wrote  for  him  two  or  three  pamphlets,  and  one  piece  in  the  Gazette  of 
April,  1735.  Those  pamphlets,  as  is  generally  the  case  with  contro- 
versial writings,  tho'  eagerly  read  at  the  time,  were  soon  out  of  vogue, 
and  I  question  whether  a  single  copy  of  them  now  exists."  Autobiog- 
raphy, 239. 


21-27]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [17 

***  Neither  this,  nor  numbers  22  and  25  are  contained  in  any  edition 
of  Franklin's  writings. 

/7J3".  Letter  to  a  Friend. 

A  Letter  to  a  Friend  in  the  Country,  /  Containing  the 
Substance  of  a  /  Sermon  /  Preach' d  at  Philadelphia,  in  the 
Congregation  of  /  The  Rev.  Mr.  Hemphill,  /  Concerning 
the  Terms  of  Christian  and  /  Ministerial  Communion.  / 
' /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Frank- 
lin at  the  New  Printing-  /  Office  near  the  Market.  1735. 

8vO.      pp.  40.  B.      22 

#*#  Answered  in: 

Remarks  /  Upon  a  Pamphlet  Entitled,  /  A  Letter  to  a  Friend  in  the 
/  Country  containing  the  Sub-  /  stance  of  a  Sermon  /  preached  at  / 
Philadelphia,  /  in  the  Congregation  of  the  /  Rev.  Mr.  Hemphill.  / 

/  Philadelphia:  Printed  and  Sold  by  Andrew  /  Bradford  at 

the  Bible  in  Second  Street.     1735.     8vo.    pp.  32.  M.     23 

Z735'  P°°r  Richard*1  s  Almanac  for  1736. 

Poor  Richard,  1736.  /  An  Almanack  /  For  the  Year  of 

Christ  /  1736,  / /By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom. 

/  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  the 
New  /  Prin ting-Office  near  the  Market.     [1735-] 

8vo.    pp.  (24).  i,.,  p.  H.  s.    24 

T735-    Observations  on  the  Proceedings. 

Some  /  Observations  /  on  the  /  Proceedings  /  against  / 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Hemphill;  /  with  a  /Vindication  of  his  Ser- 
mons. /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin. 

1735- 

8vo.     pp.  32.  p.  H.  s.     25 

x\  Answered  in: 

A  /  Vindication  /  of  the  /  Reverend  Commission  /  of  the  /  Synod:  / 
In  Answer  to  /  Some  Observations  /  On  their  Proceedings  against  the 

Reverend  /  Mr.  Hemphill.  / /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold 

by  Andrew  Bradford  at  the  /  Bible,  in  Second-Street.     MDCCXXXV. 
8vo.     pp.  (2),  63.  Y.  c.     26 

I735-    Observations  on  the  Proceedings,  2d  Edition. 

Some  /  [*25*]  /  Sermons.  /  The  Second  Edition.  /  Phila- 
delphia: /  Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin.  1735. 

8vo.     pp.  32.  27 

2 


28-33]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [19 

1736.    Way  to  make  Money  Plenty. 

The  Art  of  Making  Money  Plenty  /  In  every  Man's 
Pocket;  by  /  Doctor  Franklin.  /  [n.  p.  183-.] 

Sm.  410.,  Broadside.  p.  i,.     28 

1736.    Way  to  make  Money  Plenty. 

The  Art  of  making  Money  Plenty  /  in  every  Man's 
Pocket  /  By  /  Doctor  Franklin  /  .  .  .  [New  York:]  M.  ]. 
Stock  well  [1866.] 

4to.     Broadside.  p.  i,.     29 

***  An  advertisement,  in  the  form  of  a  rebus.  There  are  other  is- 
sues, from  the  same  plate,  with  the  advertisement  of  John  C.  Stock- 
well  and  Hopkins  &  Son. 

1736.  Hints  for  getting  riches. 

Necessary  Hints  /  to  /  those  who  would  be  Rich.  /  An 
Essay  /  By  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  [London:  W.  Turner. 
1805.] 

Min.     pp.  2.  P.  H.  S.     30 

***  First  printed  in  Poor  Richard's  Almanac  for  1737. 

1736.  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1737. 

Poor  Richard,  1737.  /  An  /  Almanack  /  For  the  Year  of 

Christ  /  1737.  / /By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom. 

/  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  the 
New  /  Printing-Office  near  the  Market.     [1736.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (24).  I,.,  p.  H.  S.     31 

I737-  P°or  Richard'1  s  Almanac.     1738. 

Poor  Richard,  1738.  /  An  /  Almanack  /  For  the  Year  of 

Christ  /  1738.  / By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom.  / 

Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  the 
New  /  Printing-Office  near  the  Market.     [1737.] 

Sm.  8vo.    pp.  (24).  I,.,  p.     32 

1738.  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1739. 

Poor  Richard,  1739.  /  An  Almanack  /  For  the  Year  of 

Christ  /  1739.  / /By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom. 

/  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  the 
New  /  Printing-Office  near  the  Market.     [1738.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (24).  p.     33 


34~39]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [21 


Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1740. 
Poor  Richard,   1740.  /  An  /  Almanack  /  for  the  Year  of 
Christ  /  1740.  /    .....    /  By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom. 
/  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  the 
New  /  Printing-Office  near  the  Market.     [1739.] 

I2mo.    pp.  (24).  t        p.     34 

77/0.  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1741. 

Poor  Richard,  1741  /  An  /  Almanack  /  For  the  Year  of 
Christ  /  1741.  /    .....    /By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom. 
/  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  the 
New  /  Printing-Office  near  the  Market.     [1740.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (24).  p.  H.  s.,  C.,  P.     35 

77/7.    General  Magazine. 

The  /  General  Magazine,  /  And  /  Historical  Chronicle,  / 
For  all  the  British  Plantations  in  America.  /  (To  be  Con- 
tinued Monthly.)  /  January,   1741  /  Vol.  I.  /  Philadelphia: 
/  Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin. 

8  Nos.     8vo.  c.,  P.  H.  S.     36 

***  The  first  magazine  planned,  and  the  second  issued,  in  this  coun- 
try. Franklin  was  the  editor,  but  I  do  not  think  wrote  anything  for  it. 
See  McMaster's  Benjamin  Franklin,  129,  and  Hildeburn,  I,  159. 

77/7.   Poor  Richard''  s  Almanac  for  1742. 

Poor  Richard,  1742.  /  An  /  Almanack  /  For  the  Year  of 
Christ  /  1742.  /    .....    /By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom. 
/  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  the 
New  /  Printing-Office  near  the  Market.     [1741.] 

I2tno.     pp.  (24).  p.,  c.     37 

77^.  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1743. 

Poor  Richard,  1743.  /  An  /  Almanack  /  For  the  Year  of 
Christ  /  1743.  /   .....    /  By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom. 
/  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  the 
New  /  Printing-Office  near  the  Market.     [1742.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (24).  c.,  P.     38 

77/j.  Poor  Richard"1  s  Almanac  for  1744. 

Poor  Richard,  1744.  /  An  /  Almanack  /  For  the  'Year  of 
Christ  /  1744.  /    .....    /By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom. 


39~43]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [23 

/  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  ... 
/  also  by  Jonas  Greene.  .    .    .  LI743-] 

Sm.  8vo.    pp.  (24).  p.,  p.  H.  s.    39 

1743.  Prospectus  of  Philosophical  Society. 

A  Proposal  for  Promoting  /  Useful  Knowledge  among 
the  /  British  Plantations  in  America.  [Philadelphia, 
Printed  by  B.  Franklin,  14  May,  1743.] 

Folio,  1 1.  c.    40 

***  The  original  prospectus  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society, 
to  which  Franklin  alludes  in  his  Autobiography,  p.  260. 

#\  "Benjamin  Franklin,  the  writer  of  this  Proposal,  offers  himself 
to  serve  the  Society  as  their  Secretary,  till  they  shall  be  provided  with 
one  more  capable."  Proposal. 

1744..  Account  of  Pennsylvania  Fire  Place. 

An  /  Account  /  Of  the  New  Invented  /  Pennsylvania!!  / 
Fire- Places:  /  Wherein  /  Their  Construction  and  Manner 
of /Operation  is  particularly  explained;  /  Their  Advant- 
ages above  every  other  /  Method  of  Warming  Rooms  de-  / 
monstrated;  /  And  all  Objections  that  have  been  raised 
against  /  the  Use  of  Them,  answered  and  obviated.  /  With 
Directions  for  putting  them  up,  and  for  Using  /  them  to 
the  best  Advantage.  With  a  Copper-Plate,  /  in  which 
several  Parts  of  the  Machine  /  are  exactly  laid  down,  from 
a  Scale  of  equal  Parts.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold 
by  B.  Franklin.  1744. 

8vo.     pp.  (2),  37,  (i),  folding  plate.        p.  H.  s.,  P.    41 
***  Mr.  Sparks  states  that  there  are  several  other  editions  of  this 

pamphlet;  but  I  have  only  been  able  to  find  the  one  below. 

***  For  an  account  of  this  stove,  see  Sparks'    Works  of  Franklin, 

vi,  34 ;  and  Autobiography,  273. 

1744.  Account  of  Pennsylvania  Fire  Place.    Venice.   ///<?. 
Descrizione  /  della  /  Stufia  di  Pennsilvania  /  inventati  / 

dal  /  Franklin  Americano.  /  In  Venizia,  MDCCLXXVIII. 
/  Delle  Stampe  di  Antonio  Graziosi  /  .    .    . 

Sm.  4to.     pp.  47,  plate.  P.  H.  S.     42 

1744.    Catalogue  of  Books. 

A  /  Catalogue  /  of  /  Choice  and  Valuable  /  Books  /  con- 


43-46]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN.  [25 

sisting  of  /  Near  600  Volumes  in   most   Faculties  /  and 
Sciences,  viz:  /  Divinity,  History,  Law,  Ma-  /  thematics, 
Philosophy,   Phy-  /  sic,   Poetry,  &c. ,  /  which  will  begin  / 
To  be  sold  for  ready  money  only,  by  Benj.  /  Franklin  at 
the  Post  office  in  Philadelphia,  /  on  Wednesday  the  nth 
of  April  1744  at  nine  /  o  clock  in  the  morning:  And  for 
Despatch,  the  /  lowest  Price  is  mark'd  in  each  Book.  / 
The  sale  to  continue  Three  Weeks,  and  no  longer:  And 
what  then  remains  will   be  sold   at  an  advance  Price.  / 
Those  Persons  that  live  remote  by  sending  their  /  Orders 
and   money   to  said    B.   Franklin,  may  /  depend   on   the 
same  justice  as  if  present. 

i6mo.     pp.  60.  p.  i«     43 

**#  Title  through  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Thomas  J.  McKee  of  New 
York. 

1744.  Preface  to  Cato  Major. 

M.  T.  Cicero's  /  Cato  Major,  /  or  his  /  Discourse  /  of  /  Old- 
Age:  /With  Explanatory  Notes.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed 
and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin,  /  MDCCXLIV. 

8vo.     pp.  viii,  159.  p.  H.  s.,  B.,  c.     44 

#**  I  have  included  this  not  only  because  it  contains  Franklin's 
' '  The  Printer  to  the  Reader, ' '  but  also  because  in  later  editions  the 
authorship  had  been  improperly  ascribed  to  him,  although  in  his  pre- 
face he  distinctly  states  the  translation  and  notes  to  be  the  work  of 
James  Logan.  It  is  the  finest  piece  of  printing  from  Franklin's  press, 
and  is  eagerly  sought  for  by  collectors,  an  uncut  copy  having  sold  as 
high  as  $260. 

#\  "I  formerly  sent  you  from  Philadelphia  part  of  an  edition  of 
Tully  on  Old  Age,  to  be  sold  in  London;  and  you  put  the  Book,  if  I 
remember  right,  into  the  Hands  of  Mr.  Becket  for  that  Purpose. 
Probably  he  may  have  some  of  them  still  in  his  Warehouse,  as  I  never 
had  an  Account  of  their  being  sold.  I  shall  be  much  obliged  by  your 
procuring  and  sending  me  one  of  them."  Franklin  to  Strahan,  Dec. 
4th,  1781. 

x**  Reprinted  as  follows: 

Cato  Major;  /  or,  a  /  Treatise  /  on  /  Old  Age,  /  by  /  M.  Tullius  Cicero. 
/  With  /  Explanatory  Notes  from  the  Roman  /  History.  /  By  the  Hon- 
ourable /  Mr.  Logan.  /  Philadelphia,  Printed.  /  Glasgow,  Re-printed  by 
R.  Urie.  /  M.DCC.LI.  I2mo.  pp.  168,  (3).  p.  H.  S.  45 

Cato  Major ;  or,  a  Treatise  on  Old  Age,  by  M.  Tullius  Cicero.     With 


46-52]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [27 

Explanatory  Notes  from  the  Roman  History.  Philadelphia :  Printed 
by  William  Dunlap,  1758.  i6mo.  pp.  168.  46 

Cato  Major;  /  or,  a  /  Treatise  /on  /  Old  Age,  /  by  /  M.  Tullius  Cicero.  / 
with  /  Explanatory  Notes  from  the  /  Roman  History.  /  By  the  Honour- 
able/James Logan,  Esq;  /  President  of  the  Council,  and  Chief  Jus-/ tice 
of  the  Province  of  Philadelphia,  [sic]  /  The  Fourth  Edition.  /  Phila- 
delphia, Printed.  /  Glasgow,  Reprinted  by  R.  Utie.  /  M.DCC.LVIII. 
i2mo.  pp.  168,  (3).  P.  H.  s.  47 

M.  T.  Cicero's  /  Cato  Major,  /  or  Discourse  on  /  Old  Age.  /  Addressed 
to  /  Titus  Pomponius  Atticus.  /  With  Explanatory  Notes.  /  By  Benj. 
Franklin,  LL.D.  /  Philadelphia :  /  Printed  by  B.  Franklin.  /  London :  / 
Re-Printed  for  Fielding  and  Walker,  /  Pater-Noster  Row  /  MDCC- 
LXXVIII.  /  8vo.  pp.  (4),  163,  portrait.  p.  H.  s.  48 

«**  In  this  edition  Franklin's  preface  is  so  altered,  as  to  make  it  ap- 
pear that  he  was  the  translator.  It  was  a  publisher's  trick  to  sell  the 
book,  but  led  Mr.  Duane,  when  publishing  Franklin's  writings  in  1808, 
to  include  it  among  them  (iv,  250),  and  also  to  issue  a  separate  edition 
as  below. 

Marcus  Tullius  Cicero's  /  Cato  Major ;  /  or  a  /  Discourse  on  Old  Age.  / 
Addressed  to  /  Titus  Pomponius  Atticus.  /  With  Explanatory  Notes,  / 
by  Benjamin  Franklin,  L.L.D.  /  Philadelphia:  W.  Duane.  [1809.] 
8vo.  pp.  (4),  251-357.  C.  49 

1744.  Poor  Richard"* s  Almanac  for  1745. 

Poor  Richard,   1745.  /  An  /  Almanack  /  for  the  Year  of 

Christ  /  1745.  / /  By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom. 

/  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin.  /  [1744.] 
I2mo.     pp.  (24).  i,.     50 

1745.  Poor  Richard"1  s  Almanac  for  1746. 

Poor  Richard,   1746.  /  An  /  Almanack  /  for  the  Year  of 

Christ,  / 1746.  / /By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom.  / 

Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin.   [1745.] 

i2mo.     pp.  (24).  I,.,  p.     51 

77/5.   Suppressed  Letter.      Washington:  1885. 

June  25,  1745.  /  To /  [Washington:  1885.] 

4to.  2ll.  p.  i,.    52 

***  Only  a  few  copies  printed  in  lithographic  text  from  the  original 
in  the  Department  of  State.  The  letter  was  written  to  William  Frank- 
lin, and  has  never  been  embodied  in  any  edition  of  Franklin's  writings. 
#*u.  In  the  catalogue  of  the  Stevens  Franklin  Collection,  there  is 
noted,  "Dr.  Franklin's  Two  New  Bagatelles  [on  Perfumes  and  on 
Marriage]  Edited  and  now  first  printed  from  the  original  autograph 


52-57]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [29 

manuscripts  in  the  possession  of  Henry  Stevens  of  Vermont.  London : 
Privately  printed.  1881.  64mo." — According  to  Mr.  Henry  N.  Stevens, 
this  was  never  printed. 

77/5.  Suppressed  Letter.     New  York:  1887. 

Benjamin    Franklin    [1745.  /  Copy   of  a   Letter  in   the 
possession  of  the  State  Department  /  at  Washington,  D.  C. 
/June  25,  1745.  /  My  Dear  Friend: —  /    .    .    . 

8vo.     pp.  3.  p.  I,.     53 

#%  Printed  in  the  same  form  and  type  (though  on  different  paper) 
as  Mr.  Bigelow's  edition  of  Franklin. 

77/5.   Suppressed  Letter.     1887. 

A  /  Philosopher  /  in  /  Undress.  /  "So  you  may  make  a 

secret  of  it  too,  if  you  please,  and  oblige  /  all  your  friends 

with  it."    Franklin  to  his  wife.  /  25  Copies  printed. — 1887. 

Sm.  4to.     pp.  (4).  p.  i,.     54 

***  Printed  on  one  side  of  paper  only. 

1745.  Suppressed  Letter.     New  York:  1888. 

Ben  Franklin  on  Marriage,  etc.  /  An  authentic  letter  of 
Benjamin  Franklin  in  /  the  Collection  of  Franklin's  Cor- 
respondence, /  purchased  by  the  United  States  at  a  cost  of 
/  $30,000,  now  in  the  possession  of  the  Depart-  /  ment  of 
State  at  Washington,  D.  C. :  /  [New  York:  1888.] 

8vo.    pp.  (2).  p.  L.    55 

1746.  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1747. 

Poor  Richard,  1747.  /  An  /  Almanack  /  For  the  Year  of 

Christ  /  1747,  / /  By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom. 

/  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin.    [1746.] 
I2mo.     pp.  24.  p.     56 

1746.  Reflections  on  Marriage.     Philadelphia:  1746. 

Reflections  /  on  /  Courtship  and  Marriage:  /  In  /  Two 
Letters  /  to  a  /  Friend.  /  Wherein  a  Practicable  Plan  is  laid 
down  for  /  Obtaining  and  Securing  /  Conjugal  Felicity.  / 
Philadelphia:   /   Printed    and    Sold    by    B.    Franklin,  / 
M,DCC,XLVI. 

Sm.  4to.     pp.  vii.  68.  p.  H.  s.     57 

*\  Dr.  Benjamin  Rush  states  that  this  is  by  Franklin,  but  it  has  not 
been  included  in  any  edition  of  his  writings.  Sabin  mentions  an  edi- 
tion with  the  same  imprint  and  collation,  "Philadelphia.  1749." 


57~6l]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [31 

***  "Mr.  Hildeburn  states  that  the  third  edition  (1758)  refers  to 
Franklin  as  the  author."  Swift. 

1746.  Reflections  on  Marriage.     Edinburgh:  1750. 

Reflections  /  on  /  Courtship  /  and  /  Marriage:  /  In  two 
Letters  to  a  Friend.  /  Wherein  a  practical  Plan  is  laid  down 
for  /  Obtaining  and  Securing  /  Conjugal  Felicity.  /  To  which 
is  annexed,  /  A  Letter  to  a  very  young  Lady  on  her  /  Mar- 
riage. By  Dr.  Swift.  /  Philadelphia,  Printed.  /  Edinburgh, 
Reprinted,  /  For  William  Gray,  junior.  /  MDCCL  /  (Price 

Eight  Pence.) 

8vo.     pp.  iv.  52.  p.  i,,     58 

174.6.  Reflections  on  Marriage.     Philadelphia:  1758. 

Reflections  on  Courtship  and  Marriage;  In  Two  Letters 
to  a  Friend.  Wherein  a  Practicable  Plan  is  laid  down  for 
Obtaining  and  Securing  Conjugal  Felicity.  To  which  is 
added,  A  Letter  from  the  late  Dean  Swift,  to  a  very  young 
Lady  on  her  Marriage,  containing  salutory  Advice  relating 
to  her  conduct  thro'  Life.  The  Third  Edition.  Phila- 
delphia :  Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Dunlap,  at  the 
Newest-Printing-Office,  on  the  South  Side  of  the  Jersey 

Market.     1758. 

o.  pp.  59 

#\  Title  from  Hildeburn. 
1746.  Reflections  on  Marriage.     1759* 

Reflections  on  Courtship  and  Marriage,  with  a  plan  of 
Conjugal  Felicity,  etc.,  with  an  appendix  on  Jealousy. 
J759- 

lamo.     pp.  portrait.  60 

#\  Title  from  stock  catalogue  of  John  Salkeld. 

77^7.  Association  for  Defense. 

[An  Association  for  the  general  Defense  of  the  City  and 
Province.  Philadelphia:  B.  Franklin.  1747.] 

Broadside.  61 

#*#  A  hypothetical  title  of  a  piece  unnoticed  by  all  editors  of  Frank- 
lin, and  bibliographers. 

#*#  "Having  settled  the  draft  of  it  ['instrument  of  Association'] 
with  a  few  friends,  I  appointed  a  meeting  of  the  citizens  in  the  large 
building  before  mentioned.  The  house  was  pretty  full;  I  had  prepared 


61-64]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [33 

a  number  of  printed  copies,  and  provided  pens  and  ink  dispers'd  all 
over  the  room.  I  harangued  them  a  little  on  the  subject,  read  the 
paper,  and  explained  it,  and  then  distributed  the  copies,  which  were 
eagerly  signed."  Autobiography,  263. 

#*#  See  Hildeburn's  Issues  of  the  Pennsylvania  Press,  1747-8,  for 
many  pamphlets  attacking  and  defending  the  principles  of  defensive 
warfare,  which  this  association  was  formed  to  encourage. 

77^7.  Proclamation  for  a  Fast. 

G.  [Royal  Arms]  R.  By  the  Honourable  trie  President 
and  Council  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania.  A  Procla- 
mation for  a  general  Fast.  .  .  .  [Philadelphia:  B.  Frank- 
lin: 1747.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  62 

#*#  The  Council  appointed  Abraham  Taylor  and  Thomas  Hopkinson 
to  draft  this  Proclamation.  Pa.  Archives,  v,  169. 

%.*%.  "My  activity  .  .  .  was  agreeable  to  the  governor  and  council; 
they  took  me  into  confidence,  and  I  was  consulted  by  them  in  every 
measure  wherein  their  concurrence  was  thought  useful  to  the  associa- 
tion. Calling  in  the  aid  of  religion,  I  propos'd  the  proclaiming  of  a 
fast,  to  promote  .  .  .  our  undertaking.  They  embrac'd  the  motion; 
but,  as  it  was  the  first  fast  ever  thought  of  in  the  province,  the  secre- 
tary had  no  precedent  from  which  to  draw  the  proclamation.  My  edu- 
cation in  New  England,  where  a  fast  is  proclaimed  every  year,  was 
here  of  some  advantage:  I  drew  it  in  the  accustomed  style;  it  was  trans- 
lated into  German,  printed  in  both  languages,  and  divulg'd  thro'  the 
province."  Autobiography,  265. 

77/7.  Proclamation  for  a  Fast. 

[Same,  in  German.  Philadelphia:  Printed  by  B.  Frank- 
lin. 1747.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  63 

*%  The  allusion  to  this  German  edition  in  Franklin's  autobiography 
is  the  only  trace  I  have  been  able  to  find  of  it. 

77/7.  Plain  Truth. 

Plain  Truth:  /  Or,  /  Serious  Considerations  /  On  the 
Present  State  of  the  /  City  of  Philadelphia,  /  and  /  Prov- 
ince of  Pennsylvania.  /  By  a  Tradesman  of  Philadelphia. 
/  .  .  .  [16  lines]  .  .  .  /  [Philadelphia:]  Printed  [by  B. 
Franklin]  /  in  the  Year  MDCCXLVII. 

8VO.      pp.  22,   (2).  P.  H.  S.      64 

***  The  Boston  Public  Library  list,  quoting  Westcott,  mentions  a 
3 


64-67]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [35 

second  edition,  with  a  cut  of  "Hercules  and  the  Waggoner"  added, 
but  though  a  second  edition  was  printed,  there  is  no  difference  between 
the  two;  and  Westcott  was  probably  misled  by  Sparks,  who  believed 
that  the  first  edition  was  published  earlier  than  1747. 

#**  ' '  I  determined  to  try  what  might  be  done  by  a  voluntary  associ- 
ation of  the  people.  To  promote  this,  I  first  wrote  and  published  a 
pamphlet,  entitled  PLAIN  TRUTH,  in  which  I  stated  our  defenseless 
situation  in  strong  lights,  with  the  necessity  of  union  and  discipline 
for  our  defense,  and  promis'd  to  propose  in  a  few  days  an  association 
to  be  generally  signed  for  that  purpose.  The  pamphlet  had  a  sudden 
and  surprising  effect. "  Autobiography,  263. 

#*#  ' '  Though  Plain  Truth  bore  somewhat  hard  on  both  parties  here, 
it  has  had  the  happiness  not  to  give  much  offence  to  either.  It  has 
wonderfully  spirited  us  up  to  defend  ourselves  and  the  country,  to 
which  end  great  numbers  are  entering  into  an  association,  of  which  I 
send  you  a  copy  enclosed." 

***  This  pamphlet  may  be  considered  the  first  wedge  by  which  the 
inhabitants  of  Pennsylvania  were  changed  from  the  Quaker  doctrine 
of  submission,  to  that  of  defensive  warfare.  The  controversy  gave 
rise  to  many  publications,  and  among  them  to  two  direct  answers  to 
Plain  Truth,  as  follows: 

Necessary/  Truth:  /  Or  /  Seasonable  /  Considerations  /  for  the  /  In- 
habitants of  the  /  City  of  Philadelphia,  /  and  /  Province  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. /  In  Relation  to  the  Pamphlet  call'd  /  Plain  Truth:  /  And  Two 

other  Writers  in  the  /  Newspapers.  / /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed 

[by  W.  Bradford]  in  the  Year  MDCCXLVIII.  8vo.  pp.  16.  P..P.H.S.     65 
#\  Mr.  Sabin  refers  the  authorship  to  Franklin,  which  is  of  course 
absurd.     Mr.  Hildeburn  proves  it  to  be  by  Samuel  Smith,  the  historian 
of  New  Jersey.     See  Issues  of  the  Pennsylvania  Press,  1099. 

A  /  Treatise  /  Shewing  /  The  Need  we  have  to  rely  upon  /  God  as  sole 

Protector  of  this  Province;  / /  Together  with  /  Something  in 

Answer  to  a  late  Performance,  intituled,  Plain  Truth;  discovering  the 
falsity  therein  con-  /  tained,  with  Remarks  on  the  Author's  Irreligion. 

/ /  By  one  that  wisheth  well  to  all  Mankind.  /  Philadelphia: 

/  Printed  by  Godhard  Armbrister,  /  in  Arch-Street.     1748. 

8vo.     pp.  (26).  p.     66 

77/7.  Plain  Truth. 

•Die  /  Jautere  2Bafyrf)ett,  /  >Dber  /  Srnftli^e  33etradjtuiig  /  bea  gegen* 
tuartigen  3ufteirt**  /  £>e*  /  Statt  3)l)i(abetpf)ta,  /  «nb  ber  /  ^rosinjj  $en» 
fyhxmien.  /  23on  etnem  .£>cinbrcercf3niann  in  *pl)ilabclpfyia.  /  2Iu$  bent 
englifdjeu  uberjVfct  burd)  3.  Syell.  /  Gedruckt,  und  zufinden  bey 
Gotthard  Armbruester.  [1747.] 

8VO.      pp.  20.  P.  H.  S.      67 


68-72]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [37 

77/7.   Poor  Richard"1  s  Almanac  for  1748. 

Note,  This  Almanack  us'd  to  contain  but  24  Pages,  and 
/  now  has  36;  yet  the  Price  is  very  little  advanc'd.  /  Poor 
Richard  improved:  /  Being  an  /  Almanack  /  and  /  Ephem- 
eris  /  of  the  /  Motions  of  the  Sun  and  Moon;  /  the  true  / 
Places  and  Aspects  of  the  Planets;  /  the  /  Rising  and  Set- 
ting of  the  Sun;  /  and  the  /  Rising,  Setting  and  Southing 
of  the  Moon,  /  for  the  /  Bissextile  Year,  1748.  /  Containing 
also,  /  The  Lunations,  Conjunctions,  Eclipses,  Judg-  / 
ment  of  the  Weather,  Rising  and  Setting  of  the  /  Planets, 
Length  of  Days  and  Nights,  Fairs,  Courts,  /  Roads,  &c. 
Together  with  useful  Tables,  chro-  /  nological  Observa- 
tions, and  entertaining  Remarks.  /  Fitted  to  the  Latitude 
of  Forty,  Degrees,  and  a  Meridian  of  near  /  five  Hours  West 
from  London;  but  may,  without  sensible  Error,  /  serve  all 
the  Northern  Colonies.  /  By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom.  / 
Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin.  [1747.] 

8vo.    pp.  (36).  t,.,  c.,  P.  H.  s.    68 

1^48.  Advice  to  Young  Tradesmen.    Philadelphia:  \_i8oo  f\ 
Advice  to  a  Young  Tradesman.     Philadelphia.     Printed 
by  D.  Humphreys,     [n.  d.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  B.  M.     69 

V**  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue. 

1748.  Advice  to  Young  Tradesmen.     London:     1805. 

Advice  /  to  a  /  Young  Tradesman:  /  An  Essay  /  By  Dr. 
Benjamin  Franklin  /  [London:  W.  Turner,  1805.] 

Min.     pp.  4.  p.  H.  S.     70 

1^48.  Advice  to  Young  Tradesmen.     Dublin:     \_i82o  f\ 

Advice  to  young  persons  intended  for  Trade.  By  Ben- 
jamin Franklin.  To  which  is  added,  Golden  Rules  for 
Young  Shopkeepers  [By  Sir  R.  Phillips.  Dublin.] 

i6mo.  B.  M.     71 

**)(.  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue. 

1^48.   Advice  to  Young  Tradesmen.     London :  1824. 

Practical  Wisdom:  or  the  manual  of  life.  The  counsels 
of  eminent  men  to  their  children.  Comprising  those  of 


72-77]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [39 

Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  Lord  Burleigh and  Benja- 
min Franklin,  with  the  lives  of  the  Authors.     London, 

1824. 

i2mo.  B.  M.     72 

#*#.  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue. 

1748.  Poor  Richard^s  Almanac  for  1749. 

Poor  Richard  improved:  /  Being  an  /  Alman- 
ack / /  For  the  /  Year  of  our  Lord   1749.  / 

/By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom.  /  Philadelphia: 

/  Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.     [1748.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (36).  i,.,  p.  H.  S.     73 

1749.  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1750. 

Poor  Richard  improved:  /  Being  an /Almanack/ 

/  For  the  /  Year  of  our  Lord  1750.  / By  Rich- 
ard Saunders,  Philom.  / /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed 

and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.       1749.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (36).  C.,  P.  H.  s.     74 

1749.  Education  of  Youth. 

Proposals  /  Relating  to  the  /  Education  /  of  /  Youth  /  in 
/  Pensilvania.   /   Philadelphia:  /    Printed    in    the    Year, 
M.DCC.XLIX. 

8vo.     pp.  32.  B.  A.,  P.  H.  s.     75 

**#  See  Autobiography,  275 ;  Sparks'  edition,  I,  569  ;  II,  133. 

7750.  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1751. 

Poor  Richard  improved :  /  Being  an  /  Almanack  / 

/  For  the  /  Year  of  our  Lord  1751.  / /By  Richard 

Saunders,   Philom.  / /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed 

and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.     [1750.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (36).  i,.,  C.,  P.  H.  S.     76 

7757.  Electrical  Experiments.     London :  1751. 

Experiments  /  and  /  Observations  /  on  /  Electricity,  / 
made  at  /  Philadelphia  in  America,  /  By  /  Mr.   Benjamin 
Franklin,  /  and  /  Communicated    in    several   Letters   to 
P.   Collinson,  /  of  London,  F.  R.  S.  /  London:  /  Printed 
and  sold  by  E.  Cave,  at  St.  John's  Gate.     1751.  /  (Price 

2S.  6d.) 

4to.    pp.  (4),  86,  (2),  plate.         B.,  p.  H.  s.,  c.     77 


77~?8]  •  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [41 

***  "I  .  .  .  wrote  him  [Collinson]  several  letters  containing  ac- 
counts of  our  experiments.  He  got  them  read  in  the  Royal  Society, 
where  they  were  not  at  first  thought  worth  so  much  notice  as  to  be 
printed  in  their  Transactions.  .  .  .  The  papers,  however,  being  shown 
to  Dr.  Fothergill,  he  thought  them  of  too  much  value  to  be  stifled,  and 
advis'd  the  printing  of  them.  Mr.  Collinson  then  gave  them  to  Cave 
for  publication  in  his  Gentleman's  Magazine  ;  but  he  chose  to  print 
them  separately  in  a  pamphlet,  and  Dr.  Fothergill  wrote  the  preface. 
Cave,  it  seems,  judged  rightly  for  his  'profit,  for  by  additions  that  ar- 
rived afterward,  they  swell'  d  to  a  quarto  volume,  which  has  had  five 
editions."  Autobiography,  331. 

#*#  These  experiments  and  discoveries,  which  have  given  Franklin 
such  fame,  were  the  work  of  four  men  :  Benjamin  Franklin,  Philip 
Syng,  Thomas  Hopkinson  and  Ebenezer  Kinnersley;  but  owing  to 
Franklin  writing  of  them  to  England,  they  were  published  in  his  name, 
and  have  redounded  to  his  credit  solely.  In  Franklin's  own  copy  of 
the  work  he  has,  however,  noted  the  initials  of  the  discoverer  against 
each  experiment,  as  follows  : 

Page  12,  line    i.     "T.  Hopkinson." 

"     13,    "     14.     "Philip  Syng." 

"     16,    "      7.     "P.  S." 

"     17,    "    24.     "P.  S." 

"     19,    "      i.     "E.  Kinnersly." 

"     19,    "      6.  "Do." 

"     19,    "      9.  "Do." 

"     27,     "       6.     "E.  Kinnersly." 

"     33,     "     15-     "E.  Kinnersly." 

"     33,     "     17.  "Do." 

"     33,    "     20.  "Do." 

"     49,    "      6.     "E.  K.  andB.  F." 

*\  In  Duane's  editions  (from  which  Sparks  reprints)  are  other 
notes  as  to  the  experimenters. 

**#  For  the  supplementary  experiments,  see  1753  and  1754. 


7757.  Electrical  Experiments.     London: 

New  Experiments  /  and  /  Observations  /  on  /  Electricity. 

/  Made   at  /  Philadelphia   in   America,  /  By  /  Benjamin 
Franklin,  Esq;  /  and  /  Communicated  in  Several  Letters 

/  To  Peter  Collinson,  Esq;  of  London,  F.  R.  S.  /  Part  I.  / 
The   Second   Edition  /  London:  /  Printed   and   Sold    by 
D.  Henry  and  R.  Cave,  at  /  St.  John's  Gate.     1754. 

4to.     pp.  (2),  86,  plate.  P.  H.  S.,  C.     78 


79-83]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [43 

7757.  Electrical  Experiments.     London:  1760. 

New  Experiments  /  [*78*]  /  Part  I.  /  The  Third  Edition. 
/  London:  /  [$78*]  /  St.  John's  Gate.     1760.  /  (Price  2s.  6d.) 

4to.     pp.  (2),  ii,  (2),  86,  plate.  p.  H.  S.,  c.     79 

7757.  Electrical  Experiments.     Paris:  1752. 

Experiences  /  et  /  Observations  /  sur  /  1'Electricite"  /  faites 

/  A  Philadelphie  en  Ame'rique;  /  Par  /  M.  Benjamin 
Franklin;  /  &  communique'es  dans  plusieurs  I/ettres  /  a 
M.  P.  Collinson  .  .  .  / /  Traduites  de  1'Anglois. 

/  A  Paris,   Chez  Durand,  rue  St.  Jacques,  au  Griffon  / 
M.D.CC.LH.  .    .    - 

i6mo.     pp.  24,  Ixx,  (9),  222,  (29),  plate.  B.     80 

7757.  Electrical  Experiments.     Paris:  1756. 

Experiences  /  et  /  Observations  /  sur  /  1'Electricite"  /  faites 
/  A  Philadelphie  en  Ame'rique  /  Par  /  M.  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin;/  &  communique'es  dans  plusieurs  L,ettres  a  M.  P.  /  Col- 
linson, .    .    .   /  Traduites  de  1'Anglois.  /  Seconde  Edition. 
/  Revue,  corrige"e  &  augmentee  d'un  supplement  conside"- 
/  rable  du  me'me  Auteur,  avec  des  Notes  &  des  /  Expedi- 
ences nouvelles.  /  Par  M.  D'Alibard.  /  Tome  Seconde.  /  A 
Paris,  /  Chez  Durand,  rue  du  Foin,  au  Griffon.  /  M.DCC.- 
LVI.  /   .    .    . 

2  vols.     i2mo.     pp.  (2),  349,  (i),  plate.  Y.  c.     81 

***  I  have  been  able  to  find  only  volume  n  of  this  edition.  This 
edition  contains  the  "Supplementary  Experiments." 

#**  "A  very  incorrect  French  translation  fell  into  the  hands  of  the 
celebrated  Buffon.  .  .  .  He  prevailed  on  his  friend,  M.  Dalibard,  to 
give  his  countrymen  a  more  correct  translation."  Stuber. 

7757.  Electrical  Experiments.     Leipsic:  1758. 

Des  /  Herrn  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Esq.  /  Briefe  /  von  der 
/  Elektricitot.  /  Aus    dem  Englandischen  ubersetzet,  / 
nebst  Anmerkungen  /  von  /  J.  C.  Wilcke.  /  Leipzig,  1758. 
/  verlegts  Gottfried  Kiesewetter,  /  Buchh.  in  Stockholm. 

I2mo.     pp.  (26),  354,  plate.  C.     82 

7757.  Plan  of  School. 

Idea  of  the  English  School,  /  Sketch' d  out  for  the  Con- 


83-88]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN.  [45 

sideration  of  the  Tru-  /  stees  of  the  Philadelphia  Academy. 
/  [Philadelphia:  B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.     1751.] 

8vo.     pp.  8.  B.,  P.  H.  s.     83 

**#  Usually  appended  to  : 

A  /  Sermon  /  on  /  Education.  /  Wherein  /  Some  Account  is  given  of 
the  /  Academy,  /  Established  in  the  /  City  of  Philadelphia.  /  Preach'd  at 
the  Opening  thereof,  on  the  Seventh  /  Day  of  January,  1750-1.  /  By  the 
Reverend  Mr.  Richard  Peters.  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  B. 
Franklin,  and  D.  Hall,  /  at  the  Post-Office.  MDCCU.  8vo.  pp.  vii, 
(i),  48,  8.  B.,  P.  H.  s.  84 

7757.  Letter  on  the  Indians.     New  York  :  1751. 

The  /  Importance  /  of  /  Gaining  and   Preserving  /  the  / 
Friendship  /  of  the  /  Indians  /  to   the  /  British   Interest,  / 
Considered.   /  New   York:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  James 
Parker,   at    the  New  /  Printing-Office,  in   Beaver-Street, 


8vo.     pp.  31.  p.    85 

***  The  appendix  of  four  pages  is  a  letter,  which  Mr.  Bigelow  prints 
as  Franklin's.  The  pamphlet  is  by  Archibald  Kennedy. 

7757.  Letter  on  the  Indians.     London  :  7757. 

The  Importance.    [+85+]    London:  E.  Cave.    M.DCC.- 
UL 

8vo.     pp.  31.  86 

7757.  Increase  of  Mankind.     Boston  :  7755. 

Observations  /  on  the  late  and  present  /  Conduct  of  the 
French,  /  With  /  Regard  to  their  Encroachments  /  upon  the 
British  Colonies  /  in  North  America.  /  Together  /  With  re- 
marks on  the  Importance  /  of  these  Colonies  to  Great- 
Britain.  /  To  which  is  added,  wrote  by  another  Hand:  / 
Observations  concerning  the  Increase  /  of  Mankind, 
Peopling  of  Countries,  &c.  /  Boston:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by 
S.  Kneeland  in  Queen-  /  Street.  1755. 

4to.    pp.  (8),  iv,  47,  15.  M.    87 

#*#  The  "Observations  concerning  the  Increase  of  Mankind"  was 
written  by  Franklin  in  1751,  and  is  sometimes  found  separate  from  the 
rest  of  the  work,  as  it  is  separately  paged  and  has  a  half  title,  but  I  do 
not  think  it  was  so  issued.  The  main  work  is  by  William  Clarke. 

7757.  Increase  of  Mankind.     London  :  7755. 

Observations  /  [+87+]  /  By  William  Clarke,  M.  D.  /  of 


88-93]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [47 

Boston  in  New-England.  /  To  which,  is  added,  wrote  by 
another  Hand,  /  Observations  concerning-  the  Increase  of 
Man-  /  kind,  peopling  of  Countries,  &c.  /  Boston  printed: 
/  London:  Reprinted  for  John  Clarke,  /  under  the  Royal 
Exchange,  Cornhill.  1755. 

8vo.    pp.  viii,  54.  s.    88 

7757.  Poor  Richard"1  s  Almanac  for  1752. 

Poor  Richard  improved:  /  Being  an  /  Almanack  / 

/For   the  /  Year  of  our   Lord    1752:  / /By 

Richard  Saunders,   Philom.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and 
Sold  by  B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.     [1751.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (36).  i,.,  c.,  P.  H.  S.          89 

/75^.  Poor  Richard's  Almanac  for  1753. 

Poor  Richard  improved,  /  Being  an  /  Almanack  / 

/  For  the  /  Year  of  our   Lord   1753:  / /By 

Richard  Saunders,   Philom.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and 
Sold  by  B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.     [1752.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (36).  I,.,  c.,  P.  H.  S.          90 

/75J.  Letter  to  Whitefield. 

A  Letter  from  Benjamin  Franklin  to  a  Gentleman  in 
New  Jersey,  dated  Philadelphia,  June  6th,  1753.  Notting- 
ham, [n.  d.] 

Broadside.  91 

#**  Title   from  the  John  Allan  auction  catalogue,   lot  1151.     See 
Sparks,  vii,  74. 

r753-  P°or  Richard*1  s  Almanac  for  1754. 

Poor  Richard  improved:  /  Being  an  /  Almanack  / 

/  For  the  /  Year  of  our   Lord    1754:  / /By 

Richard  Saunders,  Philom.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and 

Sold  by  B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.     [1753.] 

Sm.  8vo.    pp.  (36).  i,.,  c.,  P.  H.  s.     92 

Z753'  Supplementary  Experiments.     London  :  /75J. 

Supplemental  /  Experiments   and   Observations  /  on  / 
Electricity,  /  Part  II.  /  made  at  /  Philadelphia  in  America, 
/  By  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  Esq,  /  and  /  Communicated  in 
several  letters  to  Peter  Collinson,  Esq,  /  of  London,  F.  R.  S. 


93~97l  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [49 

/  London:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  E.  Cave,  at  St.  John's 
Gate.     1753.  /  (Price  6d.) 

4to.    pp.  (2),  89-107,  (i).  B.,  P.  H.  s.    93 

***  See  Nos.  77  and  96. 

I753'  Supplementary  Experiments.     London :  1754. 

New  Experiments  /  and  /  Observations  /  on  Electricity.  / 
Made  at  /  Philadelphia  in  America,  /  By  /  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, Esq;  /  and  /  Communicated  in  several  Letters  to  Peter 
Collinson,  Esq;  /  of  London,  F.  R.  S.  /  Part  II.  /  The 
Second  Edition.  /  London:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  D. 
Henry,  and  R.  Cave,  at  St.  /  John's-Gate.  1754.  /  (Price  6d.) 

4to.     pp.  (2),  89-109,  (i).  B.,  c.     94 

J753'  Supplementary  Experiments.     London :  1762. 

New  Experiments  /  [*94*]  /  Part  II.  /  The  Third  Edition 
/  London:  /  Printed  by   R.    Cave,    at   St.   John's-Gate. 
MDCCLXII.  /  (Price  6d.) 

4to.    pp.  (2),  89-109,  (i).  c.     95 

1^54..  New  Experiments.     London :  1754. 

New  Experiments  /  and  /  Observations  /  on  /  Electricity. 
/  made  at  /  Philadelphia  in  America.  /  By  Benjamin 
Franklin,  Esq;  /  Communicated  to  P.  Collinson,  Esq;  of 
London,  F.  R.  S.  /  And  read  at  the  Royal  Society  June 
27,  and  July  4,  1754.  /  To  which  are  added  /  A  Paper  on 
the  same  Subject  by  J.  Canton,  M.  A.  F.  R.  S.  and  read 
at  /  the  Royal  Society  Dec.  6,  1753;  and  another  in  de- 
fense of  Mr.  Franklin  /  against  the  Abbe  Nollet,  by  Mr. 
D.  Colden,  of  New  York.  /  Part  III.  /  London:  /  Printed 
and  sold  by  D.  Henry  and  R.  Cave,  at  St.  /  John's-Gate. 
1754.  (Price  is.) 

4to.    pp.  (4),  111-154.  c.    96 

1754.  New  Experiments.     London :  1765. 

New  Experiments  /  [^96*]  /  Part  III  /  The  Fourth 
Edition  /  London:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  R.  Cave,  at  St. 
John's-Gate.  /  1765.  (Price  is.) 

4to.     pp.  (2),  111-154.  97 

4 


98-102]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OP  FRANKLIN.  [51 

1754..  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1755. 

Poor  Richard  improved:  /  Being  an /Almanack  / 

/  For  the  /  Year  of  our  Lord  1755:  / /By  Rich- 
ard Saunders,  Philom.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold 
by  B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.  [1754.] 

Sm.  8vo.    pp.  (36).  i,.,  c.,  P.  H.  s.     98 

1754.  Pennsylvania  Hospital.     Philadelphia :  1754. 

Some  /  Account  /  of  the  /  Pennsylvania  Hospital ;  /  From 
its  first  Rise,  to  the  Beginning  /  of  the  Fifth  Month,  called 
May,  1754.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  B.  Franklin,  and 
D.  Hall.  MDCCLIV. 

8vo.    pp.  40.  p.  H.  s.     99 

***  Not  printed  in  any  edition  of  Franklin,  though  undoubtedly  by 
him.  See  Wood's  Address  on  the  Centennial  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Hospital.  Philadelphia:  1851,  19.  In  Sabin's  Dictionary  of  Books 
relating  to  America,  a  "Continuation "  to  the  above,  published  in  1761, 
is  also  referred  to  Franklin,  but  it  must  be  erroneously,  for  he  was  at 
that  time  in  Burope. 

1754.  Pennsylvania  Hospital.     Philadelphia :  1817. 

Some  /  Account  /  of  the  /  Pennsylvania  Hospital ;  /  from 
its  first  Rise  /  to  the  /  Beginning  /  of  the  /  Fifth  Month, 
called  May,  1754  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  at  the  Office  of 
the  /  United  States'  Gazette.  /  1817. 

8vo.     pp.  145.  C.,  P.  H.  s.     loo 

#**  Pages  1-69  are  a  reprint  of  the  above  pamphlet,  the  remainder 
being  the  "  Continuation." 

7755.  Advertisement. 

Advertisement.  /  Lancaster,  April  26,  1755.  / 

/  B.    Franklin.   /  [Lancaster:    Printed   by   W.    Dunlap. 

I755-] 

Broadside.  101 

***  An  advertisement  for  150  wagons  to  accompany  Braddock's 
Army,  issued  by  Franklin  at  the  General's  request.  See  Autobi- 
ography, 303,  and  Pennsylvania  Archives,  n,  295,  309  and  310. 

Z755'  Poor  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1756. 

Poor  Richard  improved :  /  Being  an  /  Almanack  / 

/For  the/ Year  of  our  Lord  1756:  / /  By  Richard 


IO2-I07]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [53 

Saunders,  Philom.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold  by 
B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.     [1755.] 

Sm.  8vo.    pp.  (36).  i,.,  c.,  P.  H.  S.     102 

2755  or  56'  Proposal  to  clean  streets. 

103 

***  An  unknown  piece.  "I  then  wrote  and  printed  a  paper  setting 
forth  the  advantages  to  the  neighborhood."  Autobiography,  286. 

1756.  Poor  Richard^  s  Almanac  for  1757. 

Poor  Richard  improved:/  Being  an  /  Almanack  / 

/  For  the  /  Year  of  our  Lord  1757:  / /By  Rich- 
ard Saunders,  Philom.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold 
by  B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.  [1756.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (36).  P.  H.  S.     104 

T757'  Preface  to  Napkin's  Memoirs. 

An  /  Abridgement  /  of  /  Mr.  Hopkin's  /  Historical  Mem- 
oirs, /  Relating  to  the  /  Housatunnuk,  or  Stockbridge  In- 
dians: / /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold  By  B. 

Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.  /M,DCC,LVII. 

8vo.     pp.  40.  P.  H.  S.     105 

#**  Contains  an  Introduction  by  Franklin. 

T757'  P°°r  Richard'1  s  Almanac  for  1758. 

Poor    Richard   Improved:  /  Being  an   /  Almanack  / 

/  For  the  /Year  of  our  Lord  1758:  / 

/  By  Richard  Saunders,  Philom.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed 
and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.  [1757.] 

Sm.  8vo.     pp.  (36).  L.,  c.,  P.  H..S.     106 

#*#  The  last  of  the  series  edited  by  Franklin.  It  contains  the  many 
proverbs  of  the  former  issues  collected  into  one  piece,  which  has  be- 
come famous  under  the  titles  of  "The  Speech  of  Father  Abraham;" 
"The  Way  to  Wealth;"  "La  science  du  bonhomme  Richard;"  etc. 
See  the  following  list  of  editions  and  the  Autobiography,  236. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Boston:  [1760.] 

Father  /  Abraham's  /  Speech  /  To  a  great  Number  of 
People,  /  at  a  Vendue  of  Merchant-  /  Goods;  /  Introduced  to 
The  Publick  /  By  Poor  Richard,  /  (A  famous  Pennsylvanian 
Conjuror  and  /  Almanack-Maker)  /  In  Answer  to  the  follow- 
ing Questions.  /  Pray,  Father  Abraham,  what  /  think  you  of 
the  Times?  Won't  /  these  heavy  Taxes  quite  ruin  the  / 


I07~IIO]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [55 

Country?     How  shall    we   be  ever  /  able    to   pay  them? 

What  would  /  you  advise  us  to?  /  Printed  and  Sold   by 

Benjamin  Mecom,  at  the  New  /  Printing-Office,  near  the 

Town-House,  in  Boston.  / 

i2mo.     pp.  1 6,  plate.  I..,  B.     107 

%*x  The  first  separate  edition  of  this  wonderfully  popular  piece, 
which  has  been  oftener  printed  and  translated,  I  believe,  than  any 
other  work  from  an  American  pen.  Enjoying  such  a  great  popularity, 
it  has  been  simply  impossible  to  find  and  note  all  the  editions,  and  the 
present  titles  are  only  offered  as  a  basis  for  some  future  list.  Many  of 
them  are  without  date,  place,  or  printer,  so  as  to  render  their  classifi- 
cation and  finding  of  great  difficulty.  This  is,  I  hope,  so  far  as  the 
latter,  overcome  by  the  special  index  at  the  end  of  this  list  of  editions. 
No  attention  has  been  paid  to  works  containing  it,  unless  the  title  or 
Franklin's  name  was  on  the  title. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     New  Haven :  [1767  f\ 

Father  Abraham's  /  Speech  /  to  a  /  great  number  of 
People,  /  at  a  Vendue  of  Merchant  /  Goods;  /  Introduced 
to  The  Publick  /  By  Poor  Richard,  /  (a  famous  Conjuror 
and  Almanack-Maker)  /  In  Answer  to  the  following  Ques- 
tions, /  Pray,  Father  Abraham,  what  /  think  you  of  the 
Times?  /  Won't  these  heavy  Taxes  quite  /  ruin  the  Coun- 
try? How  shall  we  be  /  ever  able  to  pay  them?  What 
would  you  advise  us  to  do?  /  Printed  and  sold  by  T.  &  S. 
Green,  in  New  Haven.  [1767?] 

8vo.     pp.  16.  B.     108 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1774. 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth,  /  as  clearly  shewn  in  the  /  Preface 

/  of  /  An  Old  Pennsylvania  Almanack,  /  Intituled,  /  Poor 

Richard  Improved.  /  London:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  M. 

Lewis,  No.  i.     Paternoster-  /  row  1774.  /  (Price  id.  or  lod. 

per  doz.) 

i2mo.     pp.  12.  p.  I,.     109 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     \London:  777^.] 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth;  /  as  clearly  shewn  in  the  /  Preface 
/  of  an  old  /  Pennsylvania   Almanack,  /  intitled  /  Poor 
Richard  Improved. 

8vo.     pp.  1 6.  p.  I,,     no 


IIO-II5]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [57 

*\  Either  this  or  the  succeeding  edition  was  priced  by  Ashton 
Nield  (Bibliotheca  Americana,  No.  118)  at  5  guineas.  Of  it  he  said: 
' '  I  trace  no  other  copy  of  this  edition.  It  was  not  in  the  Franklyn 
[sic]  collection  sold  for  ,£5,000  to  the  American  Government.  A 
former  owner  has  written  upon  the  title  1774  as  the  date." 

Z757'    Way  to  Wealth.     [London :  1774  f] 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth,  /  as  clearly  shewn  in  the  /  Preface 
/  of  /  An  old  Pennsylvania  Almanack,  /  intitled,  /  Poor 

Richard  Improved. 

8vo.    pp.  1 6.  p.  i»     in 

J757-    Way  to  Wealth.     [London:  7775.?] 

The  Way  to  Wealth,  /  As  clearly  shewn  in  the  /  Preface 
of  an  Old  Pennsylvania  Almanack,  /  intitled,  Poor  Rich- 
ard Improved. 

8vo.    pp.  8.  c.     112 

#\  The  place  and  date  are  given  according  to  the  Stevens'  list. 
J757-    Way  to  Wealth.     [Paris:']  7777. 

La  Science  /  du  Bonhomme  Richard,  /  on  /  Moyen  Fa- 
cile /  de   payer  les   Imp6ts.   /  Traduit  de  1'Anglois,    / 
[Vignette]  /  A  Philadelphie.  /  Et  se  trouve  /  A  Paris,  chez 
Ruault,  Libraire  /  rue  de  la  Harpe.  /  1777. 

i2mo.    pp.  151,  (i),  4,  covers.        C.,  P.  H.  s.     113 

**#  Contains  also  the  Examination  relative  to  the  Stamp  Act,  and 

the  Constitution  of  Pennsylvania.     Translated  by  Francis  A.  Qu6tant. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     2 d Edition.     Paris:  1778. 

La  Science  /  du  bonhoinme  Richard,  /  ou  /  Moyen  facile 
/  de  payer  les  Impots,  /  traduit  de  1'Anglois.  /  Seconde 
edition,  /  exactement  semblable  a  la  premiere.  /  A  Phila- 
delphie. /  Et  se  -trouve  /  A  Paris,  chez  Ruault,  Libraire,  / 
rue  de  la  Harpe,  1778. 

I2mo.     pp.  151,  (5).  P.  H.  S.     114 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth,     j d  Edition.     Paris:  1778. 

La  science  /  du  bonhomme  Richard,  /  moyen  facile  /  de 
payer  les  impots.  /  Traduite  de  1'Anglois.  /  Troisieme 
edition,  /  exactement  semblable  a  la  premiere.  /  A  Phila- 
delphie. /  Se  vend  a  Paris,  /  chez  Ruault,  Libraire,  rue  de 
la  Harpe.  /  M.DCC.LXXVIII. 

I2mo.    pp.  151,  (5).  P.  H.  s.     115 


116-119]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [59 

T757-    Way  to  Wealth.     4-th  Edition.     [Paris-]  1778. 

La  science  /  du  bonhomme  Richard,  /  moyen  facile  /  de 

payer  les  impots.  /  Traduite  de  1'Anglois.  /  Quarantieme 

edition.  /  A  Philadelphie.  /  Se  vend  a  Paris,  /  chez  Jean 

Francois  Bastien,  /  Libraire,  rue  du  Petit-Lion.     F.  S.-G. 

/M.DCC.LXXVIII. 

I2D10.      pp.   151.  P.  H.  S.      Il6 

2757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1778. 

La  science  /  du  bonhomme  Richard,  /  Par  M.  Franklin: 
/  Suivie  /  des  Cominandemens  /  de  l'Honne*te-Homme,  / 
Par  M.  Feutry  /  Prix  quatre  sous.  /  Se  vend  a  Paris,  /  chez 
Ruault,  Libraire,  rue  de  la  Harpe  /  1778. 

Min.     pp.  48,  covers.  B.     117 


X757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris: 

La  Science  /  du  Bonhomme  Richard,  /  ou  /  le  moyen  fa- 
cile /  de  payer  les  Impots  dans  les  possession  /  de  l'Ame*r- 
ique  Angloise;  /  con  tenant  en  outre,  un  Discours  de  S.  E. 
Mr.  Jean  /  Hancock,  president  du  Congr£s  de  Philadelphie. 
/  L'  Interrogatoire  que  Mr.  Francklin  subit  au  mois  /  de 
Fevrier  de  1766  devant  le  Parlement  d'An-  /  gleterre.  La 
Constitution  de  la  Republique  de  /  Pensylvania,  /  telle 
qu'elle  a  etc"  e'tablie  par  la  /  Commission  general  de  Phila- 
delphie au  mois  de  /  Juillet  1776;  &  1'  Interrogatoire  de 
Mr.  Penn,  /  a  la  Barre  du  Parlement  au  mois  de  Novembre 
de  la  /  meme  anne"e.  /  Ouvrages  traduits  de  1'  anglais  qui  / 
mettant  dans  tout  leur  jour  les  /  principes  &  la  suite  /  des 
Contestations  qui  divisent  les  Insurgents  avec  /  la  mere 
patrie.  /  A  Philadelphie,  /  et  se  trouve  a  Lausanne,  /  chez 
Fran9ois  Grasset  &  Comp.  /  M.D.C.C.LXXIX. 

Min.     pp.  1  66,  covers.  P.  H.  s.     118 

1757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London  :  [1779]. 

The  Way  to  Wealth:  /  As  clearly  shewn  in  the  Preface 
of  an  old  Pennsylvanian  Almanack,  intitled,  Poor  Rich- 
ard, Improved,  /  Written  by  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  —  Ex- 


119-123]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN.  [6 1 

tracted    from  the  Doctor's    Political   Works.     [London: 
Printed  for  J.  Johnson,  1779.] 

Folio.     Broadside,  (n  x  14^).  P.  i<.     119 

***  "This  piece  has  been  printed  on  a  single  sheet  of  paper,  of  a 
small  size  fit  for  framing,  and  may  be  had  of  the  publisher  of  this 
work,  price  two-pence."  Note  to  Franklin's  Works,  1779. 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  [1780?] 

The  Way  to  Wealth,  as  clearly  shewn  in  the  Preface  of 
an  old  Pennsylvanian  Almanack,  intitled,  Poor  Richard 
Improved.  London  [1780?] 

Folio.     Broadside. 
***  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue.  119* 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Dublin:  1782. 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth  /  as  clearly  shewn  in  the  /  Preface 
/  of  an  Old  /  Pennsylvania  Almanack,  /  intitled,  /  Poor 
Richard  Improved.  /  Dublin:  /  Printed  by  Wogan,  Bean, 
and  Pike  /  No.  23  Old  Bridge  /  MDCCLXXXII. 

Min.     pp.  16.  P.  H.  S.     120 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paisley:  1784. 

The  Way  to  Wealth  as  shown  in  the  Preface  of  an  Old 
Pennsylvanian  Almanack.  Paisley,  1784. 

I2mo.     pp.  16.  121 

***  Title  from  Puttick  &  Simpson's  Catalogue  of  Americana 
(Stevens)  sold  May  21,  1863,  lot  304. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1785. 

Calandrier  de  Philadelphie,  ou  le  moraliste  Ame'ricain, 
pour  tous  les  jours  de  I'anne'e.  Edition  augmented  de 
1'auis  de  ceux  qui  veulent  passer  en  Ame'rique.  A  Phila- 
delphie, pour  la  presente  anne"e.  [Paris,  1785.] 

i2mo.     pp.  15,  xli,  118.  122 

**#  Ce  Calendrier  est  la  traduction  du  Pauvre  Richard,  .  .  .  et  aug- 
ments de  1'avis  pour  ceux  vondraient  Emigres.  Title  and  note  from 
Leclerc's  Bibliotheca  Americana.  1878. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Canterbury:  1785. 

The  Way  to  Wealth,  as  clearly  shewn  in  the  Preface  of 
an  old  Pennsylvania  Almanack  intitled  Poor  Richard  im- 
proved. Canterbury,  printed  by  Simmons  and  Kirkby, 

Broadside.  123 


123-127]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN.  [63 

#*#  Title  from  Puttick  &  Simpson's  sale  catalogue,  Dec.  13,  1870. 
I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Edinburgh:  ij8$. 

A  /  Collection  /  of  /  Gaelic  Proverbs  /  and  /  Familiar 
Phrases;  /  Accompanied  with  /  An  English  Translation,  / 
Intended  to  facilitate  the  Study  of  the  Language;  Illus- 
trated with  Notes.   /  To  which  is  added,   /  The  Way  to 
Wealth,  /  By  Dr.  Franklin,  /  Translated  into  Gaelic,  /  by 

Donald  Macintosh.  / /  Edinburgh:  /  Printed  for 

the  Author,  and  sold  by  Messrs.  Donaldson,  Creech,  Elliot, 
and  Sibbald,  .    .    .    .    .  /  M.DCCLXXXV. 

i2mo.     pp.  x,  83.  C.     124 

***  "The  translation  of  Franklin's  Way  to  Wealth  was  done  by 
R[obert]  Macfarland,  by  desire  of  the  Bar!  of  Buchan."     Preface  to  A 
Collection  of  Gaelic  Proverbs.    Edited  by  A.  Nicholson. 
***  See  No.  166. 

J757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  ij86. 

La  /  Science  /  du  /  Bonhomme  /  Richard,  /  Moyen  facile 
de  payer  les  Impdts;  Avec  1'Interrogatoire  de  M.  Franklin 
&  /  plusiere  Pieces  interessantes  qui  n'e*toient  /  point  dans 
les  Editions  precedentes.  /  Ouvrages  traduit  de  1'Anglois.  / 
A  Philadelphie,  /  Et  se  trouve  a  Paris,  /  Chez  Royez,  Li- 
braire,  quai  des  Augustins  /  1786. 

Min.     pp.  15.  p.  i,.     125 

.*%  Includes  the  Remarks  on  the  Savages. 

X757-    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  ij88. 

Lord  Chesterfield's  /  Advice  to  his  Son  / /to 

which   are  added,  / /  Dr.   Franklin's   Way  to 

Wealth.   /  London:  /  Printed  for  W.  Richardson,  at  the 
Royal  /  Exchange  /  MDCCLXXXVIIL* 

lamo.     pp.  vii,  (4),  201,  (3).  p.  H.  S.     126 

J757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Lansingburgh:  1789. 

The  Way  to  Wealth,  /  as  clearly  shown  in  the  preface 
of  /  An   old   Pennsylvania   Almanack,   /  entitled,  /  Poor 
Richard  Improved.  /  Written  by  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin. 
/  London  printed.  /  Lansingburgh;  Reprinted  by  /  Bab- 
cock  &  Hickok.  /  M,DCC,LXXXIX. 

I2mo.     pp.  15.  B.     127 


127-133]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [65 

***  Apparently  reprinted  from  a  London  edition  of  1784. 
f757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Newburyport:  [//?-.] 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth,  /  clearly  shown  in  a  variety  of  / 
Useful  and  Interesting  /  Maxims;  /  or  /  Poor  Richard  Im- 
proved, /  By  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Extracted  from  the 
/  Doctor's  Political  Works.  /  Newburyport:  Printed  and 
sold  by  /  William  Barrett,  /  Merrimac-Street. 

I2mo.      pp.   12.  A.  A.  S.       128 

I757'    Way  to  Wealth.      Worcester:  1790. 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth;  /  as  clearly  shewn  in  the  preface 
of  an  old  /  publication  entitled,  /  "Poor  Richard  Im- 
proved." /  By  Benjamin  Franklin,  L.  L.  D.  /  Printed  at 
Worcester,  Massachusetts  /  By  Isaiah  Thomas,  /  Sold  at  his 
Bookstore  in  Worcester,  and  by  him  /  and  Company  in 
Boston.  /  MDCCXC. 

I2mo.     pp.  A.  A.  s.     129 

*757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Birmingham :  1791. 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth,  /  as  clearly  shewn  in  the  /  Preface 
/  of  an  old  /  Pennsylvanian  Almanack,  /  intitled,  /  Poor 
Richard  Improved.  /  Written  by  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin. 
/  Birmingham,  /  Printed  by  J.  Thompson.  /  MDCCXCI. 

i2mo.     pp.  23.  I,.  I.  H.  s.     130 

J757'    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1793. 

Lord  Chesterfield's  /  [^.12^]  /  London:  /  Printed  for 
W.  Richardson,  at  the  Royal-Exchange.  /  1793. 

I2mo.     pp.  vii,  (4),  203,  (i).  p.  H.  s.     131 

*757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Leeds:  1793. 

Bad  as  the  Times  are,  /  They  that  will  be  Counselled  / 
may  /  Yet  be  helped!  /  Leeds  /  Printed  by  Thomas  Gill, 

(I793)- 

8vo.     pp.  15.  P.  H.  S.     132 

*%  "Poor  Richard"  and  the  "Art  of  Making  Money." 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1794. 

La  Science  /  du  /  Bonhomme  Richard  /  de  /  Benjamin 
Franklin,  /  Pre*cedee  d'un  abrege  de  la  Vie  de  /  Franklin, 
et  suivie  de  son  Inter-  /  rogatoire  devant  la  Chambre  des  / 

5 


133-137]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [67 

Communes.  /.../.../  A  Paris,  /  A   1'Imprimerie 
des  Sciences  et  Arts,  /  rue  Therese,  pres  la  rue  Helve'tius. 
/  L'an  II  de  la  Republique  franc. oise, 

I2tno.     pp.  (2),  Ixiv,  119,  cover.  133 

#*#  The  life,  according  to  Querard,  is  by  J.  B.  Say. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Lausanne:  1795. 

Manuel  /  de  /  Philosophic  Pratique,  /  Pour  servir  de  suite 

a  la  Science  /  du  Bon-homme  Richard,  /|Par  Francklin,  [sic] 
/  Suivi  de  Part  de  voir  /  Fragmens  traduits  de  1' Anglais, 
.  .  .  / /A  Lausanne,  /  Chez  Hignou  et  Compe. 

/   •    •    •   /I795- 

Min.     pp.  130.  134 

I757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1795. 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth  /  or  /  Poor  Richard  Improved  / 
By  Benj.  Franklin.  /  Paris,  /  Printed  for  Ant.  Aug.  Ren- 
ouard,  /  Apolline's  street,  No.  25.  /  M.DCC.XCV. 

I2mo.     pp.  (2),  181,  (4),  portrait.        p.  H.  s.,  B.     135 
.£*.£  The  prettiest  edition  yet  printed,  of  which  six  copies  were  printed 

on  large  paper  and  eight  on  vellum. 
***  The  second  title,  at  page  34,  is  : 
L,a  Science  /  du  /  Bonhomme  Richard,  /  ou  Moyen  facile  /  de  payer 

les  impots.  /  Par  Benj.  Franklin.  /  Paris,  /  Chez  Ant.  Aug.  Renouard,  / 

rue  Appoline,  No.  25.  /  M.DCC.XCV. 

**.£  A  supplementary  28  pages  is  contained  in  some  copies,  being : 
Observations  /  sur  /  les  Sauvages  du  Nord  /  de  1'Amerique,  /  par 

Franklin. 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Danbury:  iJ9$. 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth,  /  as  clearly  shown  in  the  Preface 
of  /  an  old  Pennsylvania  Almanack,  /  Entitled  /  "Poor 
Richard  Improved. ' '  /  Written  by  /  Dr.  Franklin.  /  Dan- 
bury:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  N.  Douglas  /  MDCCXCV. 

I2mo.     pp.  ii.  136 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Philadelphia:  1796. 

The  /  Immortal  Mentor:  /  or,  /  Man's  Unerring  Guide  / 
to  a  /  Healthy,  Wealthy,   and  /  Happy  Life.   /  In  three 
Parts.  /  By  /  Lewis  Cornaro,  Dr.  Franklin,  and  /  Dr.  Scott. 

/  ...  /  ...  /  ...  /   ...   /   ...  /   Philadelphia:   / 


137-142]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [69 

Printed  for  the  Rev.  Mason  L.  Weems,  /  by  Francis  and 
Robert  Bailey,  /  No.  116,  High-Street.  /  1796. 

I2mo.     pp.  vi,  321.  P.  I,.     137 

7757.   Way  to  Wealth.     [Manchester:  1796?] 

Bowie's  Moral  Pictures,  or  Poor  Richard  Illustrated, 
being  Lessons  for  Young  and  Old  on  Industry,  Temper- 
ance, Frugality,  &c.  [Manchester:  1796.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  137* 

#\  Title  from  A.  Neild's  Bibliotheca  Geographica,  No.  138. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1797. 

The  Way  to  Wealth,  to  which  is  added  Select  Thoughts. 

London:  1797. 

I2tno.    pp.  138 

»**  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Manchester:  1798. 

Moral  Philosophy,   Conduct,   &c.  /  Way  to  Wealth,  by 

Dr.  Franklin  /  [etc.] /  Manchester,  /  Printed  at 

the   Office  of   G.    Nicholson,    No.    9    Spring-Gardens  / 
/  Anno  1798. 

Min.     pp.  28.  P.  H.  S.     139 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Riom:  1799. 

La  Science  /  du  /  bonhomme"  Richard,  /  Par.  Franklin.  / 
A  Riom,  /  de  1'Imprimerie  de  J.  C.  Salles,  /  An  7.  / 

Min.     pp.  44,  portrait.  c.     140 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Salem :  [1800  f] 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth,  /  as  clearly  shewn  in  the  /  Preface 
of  an  Old  Pennsylvania  Almanack,  /  intitled  /  Poor  Rich- 
ard Improved,  /  By  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Extracted 
from  the  Doctor's  Political  Works.  /  Salem,  /  Printed  by 
T.  C.  Gushing.  [1800?] 

I2mo.     pp.  16.  c.     141 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Nottingham:  \_i8oof] 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth,  /  Written  by  the  late  /  Dr.  Frank- 
lin. /  Extracted  from  his  Political  Works.  / / 

Nottingham:  /  Printed  by  C.   Sutton,   Bridlesmith-Gate  / 
(Price  One  Penny.) 

I21UO.       pp.   II.  P.  H.  S.       142 


142-147]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [71 

T757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Copenhagen:  1801. 

Nytaansgave  for  Unge  og  Gamle,  eller  den  Kunst  at 
blive  riig  og  lykkelig.  Oversat  af  Carl  Fr.  Primon. 
Kjobenhavn:  1801. 

o.     pp.  142* 

***  Title  from  Swift.  He  states  that  it  was  also  printed  with  the 
title :  Den  gamle  Richards  Kunst  at  blive  riig  og  lykkelig.  En 
Lommebog  for  hvert  Aarh.  Oversat  af  Carl  Fr.  Primon.  Kjobenhavn. 
1801. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     New  York:  1802. 

Way  to  Wealth.     By  Benjamin  Franklin.     New  York: 

1802. 

Folio.     Broadside.  143 

***  Title  from  C.  W.  Frederickson's  Auction  Catalogue,  lot  2833. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Edinburgh:  1801. 

The  True  Root  of  Scarcity;  or,  Sure  Road  to  Compe- 
tence in  times  of  Dearth.  Edinburgh:  C.  Stewart  &  Co. 
M,DCCC,I. 

I2mo.     pp.  23.  143* 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Philadelphia :  1802. 

The  /  Immortal  Mentor:  [^137*]  Philadelphia:  /  Printed 
for  the  Rev.  Mason  L,.  Weems.  /  1802. 

I2tno.     pp.  (4),  321.  p.  I,.     144 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Birmingham:  1805. 

Poor  Richard's  /  Maxims;  /  or,  /  The  Way  to  Wealth,  / 
By  the  Celebrated  /  Doctor  Franklin.   /  Birmingham:  / 
Printed  and  sold  by  Surnney  and  Ferrall,  /  No.  75,  High 
Street.  / 1805.  /  .    .    . 

I2mo.     pp.  18.  c.     145 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Nottingham:  \j8o$f\ 
The  Way  to  Wealth.     Nottingham.  [1805?] 

I2mo.  146 

***  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue.  Perhaps  the  same  as  No. 
142. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Dedham:  1807. 

Father  /  Abraham's  /  Speech  /  To  a  great  Number  of 
People,  at  a  Vendue  /  of  Merchant-Goods;  /  Introduced  to 


I47-I51]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [73 

the  Public  by  /  Poor  Richard,  /  a  famous  Pennsylvania 
Conjurer,  and  /  Almanac-Maker,  /  In  Answer  to  the  fol- 
lowing Questions:  /  Pray,  Father  Abraham,  what  think 
you  of  /  the  Times?  Won't  these  heavy  Taxes  quite  /  ruin 
the  Country  ?  How  shall  we  ever  /  be  able  to  pay  Them  ? 
What  do  you  advise  us  to  ?  /  To  which  are  added,  /  Several 
curious  Pieces  of  Writing.  /  Dedham:  /  Printed  by  H. 
Mann,  /  for  Wm.  Tileston  Clapp.  Boston  / / 

January  1807. 

i2mo.     pp.  24.  C.     147 

*757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Philadelphia:  1808. 

The  Way  to  Wealth;  or,  "Poor  Richard  improved." 
Philadelphia:  J.  Johnson.  1808. 

Min.     pp.  148 

***  Title  from  Swift's  list. 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.      Coventry:  1808. 

The  /  Prompter;  /  or  /  Common  Sayings,  and  Subjects,  / 
which  are  full  of  Common  Sense,  /  the  best  Sense  in  the 
World.  /  By  Noah  Webster,  /  .    .    .  /  To  which  is  added,  / 
The  Way  to  Wealth.  /  By  B.  Franklin,  LL.D.  /  Coventry: 
/  Printed  by  and  for  Pratt,  Smith,  &  Lesson.  /  Also  sold 
by  Longman,  Hurst,  Rees,  &  Orme;  /  Craddock  &  Joy, 
and  R.  Scholey,  London.  /  1808. 

I2mo.     pp.  (8),  88,  plate.  p.  I,.     149 

J757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Philadelphia:  1809. 

Franklin's  /  Way  /  to  Wealth.  /  granfltn'3  2Beg,  /  rei$  ju 
juertcn.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Published  by  Johnson  and  Warner, 
No.  147,  /  Market-Street.  / 1809.  /  Adams,  Printer. 

Min.     pp.  41,  (3),  4  plates.  B.     150 

Z757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Besangon:  1809. 

Principes  elementaires  de  morales,  ou  traite  abrege"  des 
devoirs  de  1'Homme.  Par  Etienne  Gabriel  Peignot. 
Suivie  de  la  Science  du  Bonhomme  Richard  et  du  Sifflet, 
oppuscules  de  B.  Franklin.  Besancon,  imprimerie  de  Tau- 
lin.  1809. 

I2mo.     pp.  xii,  104.  151 

a**  Title  from  Swift. 


152-157]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [75 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.  Mill-Hill:  1810. 

The/  Immortal  Mentor./  [-(-137+]  /  Published  by  Daniel 
Fenton  /  Mill-Hill,  near  Trenton.  /  Printed  by  Brown  and 
Merritt,  Philadelphia  /  1810. 

i2mo.     pp.  (4),  323,  (3).  p.  i,.     152 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Newcastle:  [iSiof] 

The  Way  to  Wealth.  The  Whistle,  a  story  and  a  new 
method  for  ordering  expenses  .  ,  .  To  which  is  added  a 
discourse  on  frugality  by  R.  Robinson.  Newcastle:  [1810?] 

i2mo.     pp.  153 

**#  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue.     See  No.  163. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.      Wien:  1812. 

Sicherer  Weg  zu  einer  festen  moral.  Gesundheit  zu 
gelangen  und  sich  darin  lebenslang  zu  erhalteu.  Wien: 
Wimmer.  1812. 

4to.  153* 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Berlin:  1812. 

Spriichworter  des  alten  Heinrich  und  Bngels  Lebens- 
weirsheit  des  alten  Witt.  Berlin:  Mittler.  1812. 

8vo.     pp.  154 

**#  Title  from  Swift. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Blackburn:  1812. 
Way  to  Wealth.     Blackburn:  1812. 

I2mo.     pp.  155 

**#  Title  from  the  British  Museum  Catalogue. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  {1814.?'} 

Franklin's  /  Way  to  Wealth;  /  or,  /  "  Poor  Richard  Im- 
proved, &c."  /A  New  Edition:  /  Corrected  and  enlarged 
by  Bob  Short,  /  And  adorned  with  copper-plates.  /  Lon- 
don, /  Printed  by  W.  Barton,  Jun.  /  58  Holburn  Hill. 

i6mo.     pp.  36.  C.     156 

***  The  Plates  are  dated  1814. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  181-? 

Franklin's  /  Way  to  Wealth;  /  or,  /  "Poor  Richard  Im- 
proved, Etc."  /  A  New  Edition:  /  Corrected  and  enlarged 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [77 

by  Bob  Short;  /  and  adorned  with  Engravings.  /London:  / 
Darton  and  Clarke,  /  Holborn  Hill. 

Min.     pp.  36,  covers.  p.  H.  s.     157 

**#  The  title  on  cover  is: 

Franklin's  /  Way  to  Wealth;  /  or,  /  Poor  Richard  Improved:  /  To 
which  is  added,  /  Alphabetical  Maxims,  /  worthy  /  the  remembrance 
and  regard  /  of  all.  /  Selected  by  Bob  Short  /  London:  /  Darton  and 
Clark.  I  ...  I  Price  Sixpence. 

X757-    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1816. 

Poor  Richard's  Almanack  /  The  Way  to  Wealth,  /  As 

clearly  shewn  in  the  Preface  to  an  old  /  Pennsylvania!! 

Almanack  /  entitled  /  Poor  Richard  Improved ;  /  and  /  The 

Whistle,  a  True  Story.  /  By  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  London. 

/  Privately  Printed.  /  1816. 

I2mo.     pp.  23,  (i).  S.  D.     158 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Newipswich:  1816. 

The  /  Way  /  to  /  Wealth.  /  By  Dr.  Franklin.  /  To  /  which 
are  added  his  /  Advice  to  Young  Tradesmen,  /  and  /  Sketches 

of  his  Life  and  Char-  /  acter.  / /  Newipswich :  / 

Published  by  Simeon  Ide.  /  1816. 

Min.     pp.  72.  B.     159 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1816-7. 

Lord  /  Chesterfield's  Advice  /to  his  Son,  / To 

which  are  added ;  /  Franklin's  /  Way  to  Wealth :  / 

/  London:  /  Printed  for  G.  Walker.  / /  1817. 

Min.     pp.  (8),  114,  plate.  p.  H.  s.     160 

a.**  The  title  on  cover  is: 

Lord/  Chesterfield's  Advice  /  to  His  Son  /  Franklin's  Way  to  Wealth. 
/  London,  /  Printed  for  G.  Walker  &  Co.  /  1816. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Hartford:  1817. 

Allen's  /  New-Bngland  /  Almanack,  /  for  the  year  of  our 

Lord  /  1817:  / /  Containing,  .   .   .  / / 

Poor  Richard;  /  or,  /  The  Way  to  Wealth— By  Dr.  Frank- 
lin. /  By  A.  Allen,  Philo.  /  Hartford:  /  Printed  and  sold, 
.    .    .  by  /  Peter  B.  Gleason  &  Co.  /  .    .    . 

I2mo.    pp.  (24).  p.  i,.     161 

#**  The  leaves  are  unpaged,  so  that  "The  Way  to  Wealth  /  By  Dr. 
Franklin"  is  sometimes  found  separate.  They  may  be  told  by  the 
three  paragraphs  at  the  end  of  the  piece. 


162-167]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [79 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Milan:  1817. 

La  Maniera  di  farsi  ricco,  di  Beniamino  Franklin.     Edi- 
gione  centesimaprima.      Milano:  Giovanni  Silvestri,  1817. 

o.     pp.  162 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

T757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Newcastle:  \_i8iy?'} 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth;  /  or  the  admonitions  of  /  Poor 
Richard.  /  The  /  Art  of  making  Money  Plenty  /  in  every 
man's  Pocket  /  The  Whistle,  /  A  Story.  /  And  a  new 
Method  for  Ordering  Expenses  /  very  suitable  to  the  times 
/  By  Dr.  Franklin  /  To  which  is  added  /  A  Discourse  on  / 
Frugality,  /by  Robert  Robinson.  /  Printed  byj.  Marshall  / 
old  Flesh  Market,  New  Castle  /.../... 

Min.     pp.  24.  C.     163 

#*#  This  edition  also  is  found  bound  in  a  volume  of  chap  books  en- 
titled "A  Right  Pleasant  and  Famous  Book  of  Histories  Collected  by 
William  Garret.  Newcastle  MDCCCXVIII."  See  No.  153. 

*757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Stockport:  1818. 
The  Way  to  Wealth.     Stockport:  1818. 

Min.     pp.  164 

**#  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue. 
7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1818. 

The  Prompter;  or,  Essays  on  common  things  and  com- 
mon subjects To  which  is  added,   The  Way  to 

Wealth.     By  Dr.  Franklin.     London,  1818. 

I2tno.     pp.  165 

***  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue. 
7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Edinburgh:  1819. 

Mackintoshes  /  Collection  /  of  /  Gaelic  Proverbs,   /  and 

Familiar  Phrases;  /  Englished  anew  /  To  which  is  added, 

/  'The  Way  to  Wealth,'  /  by  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  LL.D. 

/  Edinburgh:  /  Printed  by  Charles  Stewart,  /  for  William 

Stewart,  No.  61,  South-Bridge  Street.  /.  1819. 

I2mo.     pp.  (4),  ii,  (i),  239.  c.     166 

***  See  No.  124. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Bermondsey:  1819. 
The  Way  to  Wealth.     Bermondsey:  1819. 

8vo.    pp.  167 

*•**  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue. 


168-171]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN.  [8l 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.      Wien:  1819. 

Tugendiibungen,  guter  Rath  an  Handwerker,  Mittel, 
reich  zu  Werden.  Wien:  Mayer.  1819. 

8vo.     pp.  1 68 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  {182-?} 

La  Science  /  du  /  Bonhomme  Richard,  /  Par  Benjamin 
Franklin;  /  PHistoire  du  SifHet,  /  et  /  le  Testament  /  de 
Fortune"  Ricard.  /  Paris,  /  Adolphe  Riom  et  Compagnie,  / 

i2mo.    pp.  35.  p.  i,.     169 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  \_i82-f] 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth.  /  By  Dr.  Franklin.  / / 

London  /  Printed  and  sold  by  J.  Bailey,  /  No.  55,  East 
Smithfield  /  Price  Three  Pence. 

I2mo.      pp.  12.  P.  H.  S.      I7O 

The  title  on  cover  is:  The  /  Way  to  grow  Rich  /  (By  Dr.  Franklin) 
I  .  .   . 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Copenhagen:  1820. 

Den  gamle  Richards  Kunst  at  blive  rig  og  lykkelig; 
tilligemed  tre  nyttige  Huustavler  og  en  sandfserdig  His- 
toric. Em  Lommebog  for  alle  Stsender.  Af  Benj.  Frank- 
lin. Andet,  forbedr.  og  med  Tillseg  ferogede,  danske 
Oplag.  Kjobenhavn:  1820. 

o.  pp.  170* 

*\  Title  from  Swift. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     New  York:  1820. 

Franklin's/ Way  to  Wealth;  /  or,  /  Poor  Richard  Im- 
proved. /  Industry  leads  to  Wealth.  /  New  York:  /  Pub- 
lished by  S.  Wood  &  Sons,  /  .  .  .  /  and  Samuel  S.  Wood 
&  Co.  .  .  /  Baltimore,  /  1820. 

Min.     pp.  44.  p.  H.  s.     171 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     New  York:  {182-?} 

Franklin's  /  Way  to  Wealth  /  New  York:  /  Published 
by  Samuel  Wood  &  Sons;  /  And  Samuel  S.  Wood  &  Co.  / 
Baltimore. 

Min.     pp.  4-?  S.  D.     171* 

6 


172-178]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKUN.  [83 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Preston:  [1820?] 

The  Servant's   Companion,   / /  Also,   /  Poor 

Richard's  Maxims  /  By  Dr.  Franklin.  /  The  whole  arranged 
by  /  By  [sic]  S.  M.  T.  Millington  /  Preston:  /  Printed  and 
sold  by  George  Bateman  / [1820?] 

iztno.     pp.  60.  p.  H.  S.     172 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Montroulez:  \_i82o?\ 

Guizieguez  ar  Pautr-cos  Richard.  Troet  eiis  al  levr 
gallec  B.  Franklin.  [Morlaix:]  Montroulez,  eus  a  im- 

primerie  Le"dan. 

Min.     pp.  15.  B.  M.     173 

»\  See  198* 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1821. 

Proverbs  et  Sentences  du  Bonhomme  Richard.     Paris: 

1821. 

Min.     pp.  8.  174 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1822. 

La  science  du  bonhomme  Richard  suivie  du  Testament 
de  Fortune*  Ricard,  Par  Mathon  de  la  Cour.  Paris. 
Kleffer.  1822. 

Min.     pp.  175 

***  Title  from  Qutrard. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1822. 

La  Science  du  bonhomme  Richard,  suivie  d'extraits  de 
ses  ceuvres.  Precede  de  1'eloge  funebre  de  Franklin  par 
Mirabeau.  Paris,  A.  Bailleul.  1822. 

Min.     pp.  176 

***  Title  from  Quirard.    See  No.  201. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1823. 
The  Way  to  Wealth.     London,     1823. 

I2mo.     pp.  177 

*\  Title  from  Swift. 

*757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Geneva:  1823, 

La  Science  /  du  /  Bonhomme  Richard  /  Par  Franklin  / 
suivi  /  du  Testament  de  Fortune  Ricard,  /  Maitre  d'Arith- 
metique  /  Par  Mathon  de  la  Cour  /  A  Geneve,  /  Chez  Man- 
get  et  Cherbuliez,  /  Imprimeur-Libraires.  /  1823. 

Min.     pp.  xij,  95,  covers.  178 


179-185]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKUN.  [85 

J757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1823. 

H  EIIIZTHMH  /  TOT  /  KAAOT  PI  XAPAOY  /  2YNTE  9EI2A  /  THO  TOT 
B.  fcPAFKAINOY/  ...  I  ...  I  ...  I  EN  HAPI2IOI2,  /  EK  TH2 
TYIIOrPA<l>IAS  $IPM  /  NOY  AIAOTOY  /  1823. 

Min.     pp.  81,  portrait.  H.     179 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1823. 

La  Science  du  Bonhomme  Richard.    Paris:  Didot.   1823. 

I2H10.       pp.  l8o 

***  Title  from  Qulrard. 
I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  [/&?^.] 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth;  /  or,  Poor  Richard  Improved.  / 
By  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Published  by  /  The  Christian 
Tract  Society  /  No.  17.  /  London:  /  Sold  by  Sherwood, 
Neebly  and  Jones,  20  Paternoster-Row,  I  ...  I  Price  One 
Penny  / /  Stower  &  Smallfield,  Printers,  Hack- 
ney. 

I2mo.    pp.  ii.  p.  H.  s.     181 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1824. 

La  Science  du  Bonhomrne  Richard.  Paris:  Sanson. 
1824. 

Min.     pp.  182 

#\  Title  from  Swift. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1824.. 

La  science  du  bonhomme  Richard,  suivie  de  la  Veritable 
poule  noire.  Paris,  Sanson.  1825. 

Min.     pp.  183 

***  Title  from  Quirard. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1825. 

La  science  du  bonhomme  Richard.  Paris.  A.  A. 
Renouard. 

Min.     pp.  184 

**#  Nous  [A.  A.  Renouard]  publions  La  Science  du  Bonhomme 
Richard  &  part  prec£d£  d'un  calendrier  pour  l'Ann6e,  1825;  le  prix  est 
de  25  cent,  et  de  20  fr.  les  cent  exemplaires. "  Preface,  Melanges,  1824. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1825. 

Conseils  pour  faire  fortune,  ou  La  Science  du  bonhomme 
Richard.  Paris.  A.  A.  Renouard.  1825. 

Min.    pp.  36.  185 

***  Title  from  Qutrard. 


186-192]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKUN.  [87 

*757'    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1825. 
The  Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1825. 

Min.     pp.  186 

***  Title  from  Ms.  list  of  Henry  Stevens  &  Son. 

7737.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1826. 

La    Science    du    Bonhomme    Richard.     Paris:    A.  A. 

Renouard.     1826. 

Min.     pp.  187 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

Z757-    Way  to  Wealth.      Windsor:  1826. 

The  /  Way  /  to  /  Wealth.  /  By  Dr.  Franklin,  /  to  which 
is  added  /  his  /  Advice  to  Young  Tradesmen  /  and  /  Sketches 
of  his  Life  and  Character.  /  Windsor,  Vt.  /  Published  by 

Simeon  Ide.  /  1826. 

Min.     pp.  80.  c.     188 

*757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1827. 

La  Science  /  du  Bonhomme  /  Richard  /  Par  /  Benjamin 
Franklin  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  /  Paris  /  Imprime'  par  C.  L.  F. 
Panckoucke  /  Chevalier  de  la  Legion  d'Honneur/M  DCCC 
XXVII. 

Large  folio,     pp.  (4),  xvj,  16,  covers.  C.     189 

*%  A  white  elephant. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Dijon:  1827. 

La  Science  du  Bonhomme  Richard,  et  Conseils  pour  faire 
fortune,  avec  une  notice  sur  Franklin,  et  1'ordonnance  de 
Louis  XVIII,  sur  la  caisse  d'e"pargnes  et  de  preVoyance. 
Dijon:  Lagier.  1827. 

Min.     pp.  190 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.      The  Hague:  1828. 

De  /  Weg  tot  Geluk  /  naar  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  (Prij's 
vii  §  Cents.)  /  's  Gravenhage  /  Ter  Drukkerij  van  im  de 
Lyon  /  lange  Porrten.  No.  438.  /  1828. 

i2mo.    pp.  1 6,  covers.  B.     191 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1828. 

La  sciencia  da  bon  homen  Riccardo,  on  meios  de  fazer 
fortuna.  Paris:  A.  A.  Renouard.  1828. 

Min.     pp.  32.  192 

**#  Title  from  Querard. 


193~I9^J  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [89 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1828. 

La  Science  du  bonhomme  Richard,  suivie  de  la  Veritable 
poule  Noire.     Paris.     Sanson.     1828. 

Min.    pp.  193 

«**  Title  from  Swift. 

J757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Nantes:  1829. 

Moyens  d' avoir   toujours   de   1' Argent  dans  sa  poche. 
Nantes:  imprimerie  de  Mellinet-Malassis.     1829. 

I2mo.    pp.  194.  194 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  [183-?] 

The  Way  to  Wealth  /  As  plainly  shewn  in  the  Preface 
to  an  Old  Pensylvania  Almanack,  entitled  "Poor  Rich- 
ard Improved"  written  by  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin. — Ex- 
tracted from  the  Doctor's  Political  Works.  /  G.  Cooke, 
.    .    .  Dunstan's  Hill,  Tower  Street,  London;  .    .    . 

Folio.     Broadside.  P.  I*     195 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  [fSj-f] 

La  Science  /  du  Bonhomme  /  Richard  /  et  Autres  CEuvres 
Morales  de  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Suivie  du  Testament 
/  de  Fortune*  Ricard  /  46  Edition  /  A  Paris  /  Chez  Phillip- 
part,  Libraire  /  2  Boulevart  Montmartre  / 

Min.     pp.  63,  covers.  p.  H.  S.     196 

***  The  title  on  cover  is: 

Bibliotheque  /  Pour  Tout  le  monde  /  Directeur:  Ad.  Rion  /  Franklin 
/  OJuvres  Choisis.  /  Bonhomme  Richard,  etc.  /  Paris,  /  Phillippart 
Libraire. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     [Paris:  183-?] 

Petit  Cours  de  Morale.  /  .    .    .  /  La  Science  /  du  Bonhomme 

Richard.  /  Par  Franklin.  / /  Chez  Montizon,  im- 

prirneur-lithographe,  place  Dauphine, 

Min.     pp.  [33-]  48.  B.     197 

**#  Printed  in  lithographic  script. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Limoges:  [/<?J-.?] 

Benjamin  Franklin  /  La  Science  /  du  Bonhomme  Rich- 
ard /  et  Conseils  pour  Faire  Fortune  /  avec  /  Une  Notice 


198-203]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [9! 

sur  1'Auteur  et  Introduction  et  Notes  /  a  cette  e'diteur.  / 
Limoges  /  Eugene  Ardant  et  Cie,  E^diteurs. 

I2mo.     pp.  71.  B.     198 

#**  Contains,  besides  what  is  mentioned  on  the  title  page,  Frank- 
lin's "Conseils"  and  "le  Testament  de  Fortune  Ricard."  The  Intro- 
duction is  by  Paul  Jonhanneaud. 

1757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Nottingham:  i$jo. 
The  Way  to  Wealth.     Nottingham:  1830. 

Min.     pp.  199 

**#  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue. 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1830. 

La  science  du  bonhomme  Richard.     Paris:   A.  Hiard. 
1830. 

izmo.    pp.  30.  aoo 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

f757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  f$jf. 

La  Science  /  du  /  Bonhomme  Richard  /  Par  Franklin, 
Imprimeur,  /  suivie  de  /  1'Histoire  du  Sifflet,  /  et  du  Testa- 
ment /  de  Fortune  Ricard  /  Nouvelle  Edition,  I  ...  I 
.  .  .  /  Paris,  /  Klefer,  Imprimeur- Libraire,  /  rue  de  Tou- 
raine-s-Germain,  No.  5 ;  Garnier,  Libraire,  au  Palais- 
Royal.  /  1831. 

Min.     pp.  122,  (2),  portrait.  B.     201 

»**  See  No.  175.  Some  copies  were  printed  on  red,  white  and  blue 
paper. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Morlaix:  1832. 

Guizieguez  ar  Pautr-cos  Richard.      Troet  eus  al  levn 
gallec  B.  Franklin.     Morlaix,  imprimerie  de  Le*dan.   1832. 

Min.     pp.  16.  202 

***  Translated  by  A.  I/.  Ledan.     See  No.  173. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Besangon:  1833. 

Principes  elementaires  de  Morales Par  Etienne 

Gabriel    Peignot.     Suivis   de   la   Science  du   Bonhomme 
Richard.     Besangon:  1833. 

lamo.     pp.  199.  203 

***  Title  from  Swift.   See  No.  151. 


204-209]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [93 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Coburg:  1833. 

Alte  Goldbriefe.  Neu  herausg.  Zum  Nutzen  und 
Frommen  der  Jugend.  Coburg:  Riemann.  1833. 

I2II10.       pp.  2O4 

***  Title  from  Swift.     He  also  mentions  a  "2te  verm.  Auflage"  but 
without  giving  date  or  place  of  printing. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1833.  ' 

Morceaux  Choisis,  comprenant  La  science  du  Bonhomme 
Richard,  et  autres  Merits  populaires,  de  Franklin.  Paris: 
Imprimerie  de  Carpentier-Mericourt.  1833. 

%  Min.    pp.  205 

**#  Title  from  Swift. 

*757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1834.. 

Morceaux  Choisis,  /  comprenant  /  la  Science  /  du  Bon- 
homme Richard,  /  et  autres  Merits  populaires  de  /  Benjamin 
Franklin.  /  Precedes  /  d'une  Notice  sur  sa  vie.  /  Paris  /  Rue 
Taranne,  No.  12.  /  1834. 

Min.    pp.  72,  portrait.  206 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     New  York:  1834. 

Benjamin  Franklin's  /  Way  to  Wealth;  /  and  /  William 

Penn's  Maxims.  / /  New- York:  /  Published  by 

Daniel  Cooledge,  I  ...  I  West  &  Trow,  Printers.  /  1834. 
Min.    pp.  192,  plate.  P.  I,.    207 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Rochester:  1834. 

The  /  Prompter:  /  [+149+]  /  To  which  is  added,  /  the  Way 
to  Wealth.  /  By  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Rochester:  /  Mar- 
shall &  Dean,  Printers.  /  1834. 

Min.    pp.  143.  p.  i,.    208 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Anneci:  1835. 

La  science  du  bonhomme  Richard.     Anneci:  A.  Burdet. 

1835- 

8vo.    pp.  24.  209 

»**  Title  from  Swift. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.      Venice:  1835. 

II  cammino  della  fortuna,  o  la  scienza  del  buon  uomo 


210-2 16]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [95 

Riccardo.    Traduzione.    Almanacco  per  1'anno  1836.    Ven- 

ezia,  dalla  tipografia  di  G.  Antonelli.     1835. 

Min.     pp.  48.  210 

#**  Title  from  Swift. 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Carlsruhe:  1836. 

Handscriften  84  verschied ;  ein  Lesebuch  fur  Volks-  und 

Gewerbeschulen,  enthaltend  Der  arme  Richard 

Von  B.  Franklin.     Carlsruhe:  Wagner.     1836. 

4to.     pp.  211 

*757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Northampton:  1837. 
The  Way  to  Wealth.     Northampton:  1837. 

O.      pp.  212 

*%  Title  from  Boon's  stock  Catalogue  of  1878. 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     London :  1838. 

The  Apprentices'  Pocket  Guide  .....  Franklin's 
Way  to  Wealth.  London:  1838. 

Min.     pp.  213 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.      Teshen:?  1838. 

Pokladnice    Franklinowa Wydana    Frantess- 

ken  K.  Kampelijkem.     W.  Banske*  Bystrici.    Tissen:  Fil- 
ippa  Marcholda:  1838. 

8vo.     pp.  v,  191.  214 

*%  See  Jungmann's  Historic  Litterature  Ceskt,  12723,. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1839. 

Y  /  Ffordd  I.  Gaffael  Cyfoeth ;  /  neu,  /  Rhisiat  Druan  / 
yn  ddinvrygiedig  gan  /  Doctor  Franklin,  /  yr  en  wog  allir- 
onydd;  /  gydag  ychwanegrad  /  y  modd  I.  Wnenthur  llawer 
o  ychydig  /  gan  B.  Short.  /  Ac  a  gyfieithwyd  idd  y  gymraeg 
/  gan  Thomas  Roberts,  I  ...  I  Llundain  /  Argraffedig 
dros  y  cyfiethhydd  /  1839. 

Min.     pp.  36,  portrait,  covers.  P.  H.  S.     215 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Boston:  {184-?} 

Poor  Richard  illustrated.  Lessons  for  the  Young  and 
Old  on  industry,  temperance,  frugality,  &c.  Engraved  by 
O.  Pelton.  E.  H.  Clapp.  Boston. 

Folio.     Broadside.  B.     216 


217-223]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKUN.  [97 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  [iSf-f]. 

Poor  Richard's  Way  to  Wealth.  /.  .  .  ./London:  Pub- 
lished by  David  Bogue,  86  Fleet  Street.  Price  Sixpence. 
Henry  Vizetelly,  Printer  &  Engraver,  Gough  Square,  Fleet 
Street. 

Folio.     Broadside.  p.  I,.     217 

*757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Faensa:  184.0. 

La  maniera  di  farsi  ricco,  di  Beniamino  Franklin. 
Faenza.  1840. 

8vo.     pp.  218 

#\  Title  from  Swift. 

1757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Erfurt:  184.1. 

Der  Weg  zum  Reich thum.  Erfurt:  Hennings  und 
Hopf.  1841. 

I2mo.     pp.  219 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

Z757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Brussels:  184.2. 

Franklin  /  Le  /  Chemin  de  la  Fortune,  /  ou  /  Science  du 
Bonhomme  Richard  /  et  CEuvres  diverses.  /  A  Bruxelles,  / 
et  dans  les  priucipales  Villes  de  1' Stranger,  /  Chez  tous  les 
Libraires.  /  1842. 

Min.     pp.  158,  2,  covers.  S.  D.     220 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.      Vicenza:  [184.4..^ 

La  maniera  di  farsi  ricco,  dono  pel  capo  d'anno  1844. 
Aggiuntivi  alcuni  canti  popolari  vicentini.  Vicenza,  tip. 
di  Gaetano  Longo.  [1844.] 

Min.     pp.  40.  221 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  184.5. 

Almanach  du  bonhomme  Richard;  pre'ce'd^  d'une  notice 
suf  1'auteur  .  .  .  .  Par  A.  J.  Sanson.  Paris:  Imprimerie 
de  Boule*.  1845. 

Min.     pp.  222 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     New  York:  184.8. 

The  /  Way  to  Wealth.  /  By  /  Dr.  Franklin  /  No.  2  /  Pub- 
lished by  the  New- York  Association  for  /  Improving  the 

7 


223-230]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [99 

Condition  of  the  Poor.  /  New- York:  /  Leavitt,  Trow  &  Co., 
Printers,  49  Ann  Street.  /  1848. 

121110.     pp.  8,  covers.  B.     223 

Z757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  184.8. 

Conseils  /  pour  faire  Fortune  /  Avis  d'un  vieil  ouvrier  a 
tin  jeune  ouvrier,  /  et  /  la  Science  du  Bonhomme  Richard  / 

Par  /  Franklin  / /  Paris,  /  Jules  Renouard  et  Cie, 

Librairies,  /  rue  de  Tournon,  6  /  1848. 

Min.     pp.  (4),  92.  224 
I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  [185-?] 

Way  to  Wealth.    London.   Henry  Kent  Causton.  [1850.] 

Broadside.  225 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1850. 

[The  Way  to  Wealth. — In  phonetic  character.]  [Bath 
printed.]  London:  Pitman.  1850. 

I2mo.  B.  M.,  B.      226 

f757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1852. 

La  Science  /  du  /  Bonhomme  Richard  /  Par  Benjamin 
Franklin  /  P  Historic  du  Sifflet/et  la  Testament  de  Fortune* 
Ricard  /  Nouvelle  Edition  /  Paris  /  P.  H.  Kreble,  /  Libraire- 
ISditeur  /  12,  rue  de  Savoie  / 1852. 

iamo.    pp.  35,  .          227 

*757'    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1853, 

[The  Way  to  Wealth — In  phonetic  characters.]  Lon- 
don: Pitman:  1853. 

I2mO.      pp.  B.  M.,   B.      228 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.      Caracas:  1858. 

La  Ciencia  del  Buen  Ricardo  6  el  Camino  de  la  Fortuna. 
Por  Benjamin  Franklin  y  Pensamientos  sobre  moral,  pol- 
itica,  literatura,  religion  y  costumbres  par  J.  M.  Samper. 
Cardcas,  1858. 

I2mo.     pp.  58.  B.  M.     229 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  [i86-f\ 

Franklin's  "Way  to  Wealth"  /  Maxims  &  Precepts  for 
conduct  in  Life  /  and  the  first  attainment  of  /  Success  in 
Business.  /  Compiled  by  B.  Wells.  Printed  by  Odell  & 


230-236]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [lOI 

Ives,   1 8,  Prince-Street,  Cavendish   Square,    London,  W. 
Sold  by  Morrell,  13,  Francis  St.  Bedford  Square. 

Folio.     Broadside.  B.,  C.     230 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Berlin:  1864. 

Der  Weg  zum  Reichthum.  Neu  bearb.  Nebst  siner 
Biographic  des  beriihmten  Berf  Von  G.  A.  B.  Berlin: 
Grothe.  1864. 

Min.     pp.  231 

*%  This  and  the  next  title  are  from  Kayser's  Index  Locupletissimus 
Librorum,  xiv. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Berlin:  1864.. 

Des  armen  Richard  Weg  zum  Reichthum.  Aus  dem 
Engl.  von  C.  F.  Liebetreu.  Berlin:  A.  Jonas.  1864. 

8vo.     pp.  232 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Bologna:  1864.. 

La  maniera  di  farsi  ricco;  versione  italiana  di  F.  Z. 
Bologna,  tip.  del  Progresso.  1864. 

8vo.     pp.  39.  233 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Milano:  1864. 

La  maniera  di  farsi  ricco,  o  la  scienza  del  buon  Ric- 
cardo,  ed  altri  opuscoli  di  pratica  economia  volgarizzati 
dal  P.  I.,  preceduta  dalla  b'iografia  dell'  autore.  Milano: 
tip.  Gernia.  1864. 

Min.     pp.  101.  234 

**#  Title  from  Swift. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1864. 

Premieres  notions  d' economic  politique  ou  sociale,  con- 
tenant  la  Science  de  Bonhomme  Richard,  par  Franklin 
Par  Joseph  Gamier.     Paris:  Guillaumin:  1864. 

Min.     pp.  235 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1865. 

Premiere  Notions  d' Economic  politique  ou  sociale,  con- 
tenant  la  Science  du  bonhomme  Richard,  par  Benjamin 
Franklin; par  Joseph  Gamier.  Paris:  Guil- 
laumin. 1865. 

Min.    pp.  236 


236-242]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [103 

#**  "C'est  une  nouvelle  Edition  de  1'ouvrage  publi6  en  1858  sous  le 
titre  de  'Abrege  des  elements  de  I'Sconomie  politique.'  "  Title  and 
note  from  Lorenz'  Catalogue  de  la  Libraire  Franiais.  See  No.  245. 

J757-    Way  w  Wealth.     Paris:  1865. 

La    science    du    bonhomme    Richard Paris: 

Jules  Renouard.     1865. 

Min,     pp.  (4),  32.  237 

#*#  Title  from  Sabin. 

J757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1865. 

Conseils  /  pour  /  Faire  Fortune  /  Avis  d'un  vieil  ouvrier 
£  un  jeune  ouvrier  /  et  /  La  Science  de  Bonhomme  Rich- 
ard /  Par  /  Franklin.  /  Science  Populaire  de  Claudius.  / 
Paris  /  Vve.  Jules  Renouard,  Libraire  /  6,  Rue  de  Tournon, 
6.  /  1865. 

Min.    pp.  (4),  41,  (i).  P-  ^-     238 

T757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Dijon:  1866. 

15  Centimes — La  Douzaine:  i  fr.  5oc.  /  Le  Chemin  /  de 
/  la  Fortune  /  d'Apres  Franklin  d'AmeVique,  Par  T.  Neu- 
ville  /  Professeur  a  la  Faculte"  de  Droit  de  Dijon.  /  Dijon:  / 
Chez  le  Concierge  de  1'Ecole  de  Droit.  /  Se  vend  aussi 
chez  /  Lamarche  et  Maniere,  libraire  /  Fevrier.     1866. 

I2mo.     pp.  8,  covers.  239 

X751-    Way  to  Wealth.     Berlin:  1866. 

Des  Armen  Richard  Weg  zum  Reichthum.     Aus  dem 
engl.  von.  C.  F.  Liebetreu.     Berlin,  1866.     A.  Jonas. 

8vo.     pp.  240 

«**  Title  from  Swift. 

I757-    Way  to  Wealth.     St.  Petersburg:  1869. 

Hayka    Dodprka    Primapa St.     Petersbourg. 

1869. 

o.    pp.  241 

#\  Title  from  MejofPs  Histoire  de  la  Litter atur e  Russe. 

J757"    Way  to  Wealth.     London:  1869. 

Money-Making  for  the  Million:  Comprising  the  Way  to 
Wealth  .    .    .  London:  1869. 

8VO.      pp.  B.  M.      242 


243-248]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OP   FRANKLIN.  [105 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Cincinnati:  [/<?/-/] 

Practical  Morality;  or,  a  guide  to  men  and  manners; 

[Containing] Franklin's  Way  to  Wealth  .    .    . 

.    .  Cincinnati:  U.  P.  James.   [187-?] 

Min.     pp.  243 

#**  Title  from  Leypoldt's  American  Catalogue. 

Z757'    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  i8fi. 

Le  Bonhomme  Franklin  / /  Trente  centimes  / 

/  Mai  1871. 

8vo.     pp.  52,  covers.  244 

***  This  is  the  title  on  cover,  the  copy  examined  having  no  title- 
page. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1872. 

Premieres  notions  d' Economic  politique  ou  industrielle, 

suivies ula  Science  du  Bonhomme  Richard" 

par    Benjamin    Franklin 4e    Edition.      Paris: 

Guillaumin  et  Cie.     1872. 

i2mo.     pp.  245 

#**  Title  from  Lorenz'  Catalogue  de  Libtaire  Francais.   See  No.  236. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Paris:  1872. 

Bibliotheque  Francais  /  La  Science  /  du  /  Bonhomme 
Richard  /  par  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Suivie  /  d'Extraits  de 
ses  ceuvres  &  de  sa  Correspondence  /  Avec  des  nombreuse 
notes  /  et  precede"  de  /  La  Jeunesse  de  Franklin  /  Par  / 
I£douard  Laboulaye.  /  Paris  /  Libraire  Franklin  /  Henry 
Bellaire,  £diteur  I  ...  I  1872. 

Min.     pp.  113,  (2),  covers.  p.  H.  s.     246 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Fir  erne:  1873. 

La  scienza  del  buon  vecchio  Riccardo,  tradotta  dal  fran- 
cese  da  Arturo  Taranto.     Firenze:  tip.   Civelli.     1873. 

Min.     pp.  20.  247 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     {Boston:  i88i.~\ 

Rand,  Avery  &  Co.'s  /  Compliments  to  their  friends  and 

patrons!  / /  .    .    .  We  .../.../...   offer 

to  the  public  a  veritable  treasure  /  in  the  reproduction  of 


348-252]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [107 

the  preface  to  /   "Poor  Richard's  Almanac"   /  published 
by  Benjamin  Franklin  in  1758.     [Boston:  1881.] 

Min.     pp.  (12),  covers.  B.     248 

J751"    Way  to  Wealth.     Milan:  1882. 

Biblioteca  de  Popolo  /  Centesimi  15  il  Volume  /  La  Sci- 
enza  /  del  /  Buon  Riccardo  /  ossia  /  il  Cammino  della  For- 
tuna  ed  altri  scritti  sulti  /  di  /  Beniamino  Franklin  /  .  .  . 

/  da  una  particolareggiata  /  Vita  dell'  Autore  / / 

Milano  /  Edoardo  Souzogno,  Editore  / 14  Via  Parquir  &  Co. 
14  /  1882. 

Min.     pp.  (62),  i.  249 

T757-    Way  to  Wealth.     Peking:  1884. 

La  /  Science  /  du  /  Bonhomme  Richard  /  ou  le  /  Chemin 
de  la  Fortune  /  Tel  qu'il  clairement  indique*  dans  un  vieil 
Almanach  de  Pensylvanie  intitule*  /  1'Almanach  du  Bon- 
homme Richard.  /  Imprime'  /  Au  College  de  Tungwen  / 
Peking.  /  1884. 

Min.     pp.  15,  (i),  18,  covers.  S.  D.     250 

#**  In  French  and  Chinese. 

7757.    Way  to  Wealth.     Boston:  1886. 

Poor  Richard's  Almanac  and  other  papers.  By  Benja- 
min Franklin.  With  Notes.  Boston:  Houghton,  Mifflin 
&  Co.  1886. 

Min.     pp.  251 

1757.    Way  to  Wealth.     New  London:  n.  d. 

Father  Abraham's  Speech.     New  London:  n.  d. 

•  o.    pp.  252 

#*a  Title  from  Sabin. 

***  The  piece  has  also  been  many  times  embodied  in  other  books, 
of  which  the  following  is  a  partial  list: 
***  In  English  in: 

Massachusetts  Magazine,  I,  484,  545. 

American  Museum,  VTI,  314. 

Virtue  made  Easy.     London:  1799. 

A  Right  Pleasant  and  Famous  Book  of  Histories.  Newcastle:  1818. 

The  Whole  Duty  of  Man.     Georgetown:  1822. 

Moral  Tracts.     Boston:  1820. 

Stevens'  Historical  Nuggets.     London:  1864. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [109 

Arber's  English  Garner.     London:  1885. 

**#  In  French  in: 
Tabletes  d'un  Curieux.     Utrecht:  179-? 

#*#  In  German  in: 

Goldnes  Schatzkastlein.  v.  d. 

Spriichworter  des  alten  Heinrich  und  Engels.     Berlin:  1812. 

*%  In  Italian  in: 
Strenna  Populare.     Milano:  1839. 

#*#  In  Polish  in: 

Foster's  Dla  hazdego  kto  2  pracy  zyje.     Berlin:  1861. 
Wybor  pism  moralnych.     Warsaw:  1845. 

*%  The  following  is  an  index  to  the  undated  editions  in  the  fore- 
going list,  alphabetically  arranged  by  the  place  in  which  they  were 
printed: 

Boston:  B.  Mecom.  107        Newcastle:  J.  Marshall.    153,  63 

Boston:  E.  H.  Clapp.  216        New  Haven:  T.  &S.  Green.  108 

Boston:  Rand,  Avery&  €0.248        New  London:         ?  252 

Cincinnati:  U.  P.  James.     243        New  York:  S.  Wood.  171* 

Limoges:  Ardant.  198        N.  p.  Montijon.  197 

London:  W.  Darton.  156        N.  p.,  n.  d.  Broadside.  119-20,38 

London:  Darton  &  Clarke.i57        N.  p.,  n.  d.     pp.  8.  112 

London:  J.  Bailey.  170        N.  p.,  n.  d.     pp.  16.  no-n 

London:  Sherwood,  etc.      181        Nottingham:  C.  Sutton.          142 
London:  G.  Cooke.  195        Nottingham:         ?  146 

London:  H.  Vizetelly.        217        Paris:  A.  Riom.  169 

London:  H.  K.  Causton.     225        Paris:  Phillipart  190 

London:  Odell  &  Ives.        230        Preston:  G.  Bateman.  172 

Montroulez:  Ledan.  173        Salem:  T.  C.  Gushing.  141 

Newburyport:  W.  Barrett.  128        Vicenza:  G.  Longo.  221 

//5p.  Historical  Review  of  Pennsylvania.     London:  1759. 
An  /  Historical  Review  /  of  the  /  Constitution  and  Gov- 
ernment /  of  /  Pensylvania,  /  From  its  Origin;  /  So  far  as 
regards  the  several  Points  of  Controversy,  /  which  have, 
from  Time  to  Time,  arisen  /  between  /  The  several  Gover- 
nors of  that  Province,  /  and  /  Their  several  Assemblies.  / 
Founded  on  Authentic  Documents.  /.    .    ./.    .    ./.    .    ./ 
London :  /  Printed  for  R.  Griffiths,  in  Paternoster-Row.  / 
MDCCUX. 

8vo.     pp.  viii,  (18),  444.  C.,  B.     253 

**#  This  was  included  by  Mr.  Duane  and  Mr.  Sparks  in  their  editions 

of  Franklin's  writings,  but  the  latter  on  discovering  in  Franklin's  letter 

to  Hume  a  positive  denial  of  the  authorship  of  the  work,  cancelled  his 


253~255l  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [ill 

note  and  substituted  in  Volume  x  a  new  one,  in  which  Franklin's  state- 
ment is  accepted  as  final.  In  spite  of  this  denial,  however,  I  think 
this  work  must  still  be  treated  as  from  Franklin's  pen  (though  it  is 
clear  that  he  deemed  himself  free  to  deny  it),  for  Franklin  was  at  that 
time  the  only  person  in  London  who  had  the  knowledge  and  material 
for  such  a  book;  he  was  the  only  person  interested  in  the  writing  of  it, 
and  was  indeed  virtually  sent  to  London  for  just  such  work;  and  he 
was  the  person  who  paid  the  cost  of  publication,  and  distributed  the 
copies;  but  what  is  most  conclusive  is  the  statement  of  his  son  William 
(then  in  London)  that  "My  father  has  been  much  occupied  of  late  with 
putting  together  the  materials  for  the  work  against  the  p — rs,  but  Mr. 
Ralph  is  engaged  to  see  it  through  the  press,  as  he  does  not  wish  to 
appear  in  the  affair."  That  Franklin  did  not  succeed  in  this  it  is 
hardly  necessary  to  state,  for  the  Reviews  all  treated  it  as  from  his  pen, 
and  till  Mr.  Sparks  printed  the  letter  to  Hume  it  was  universally  cat- 
alogued as  by  him. 

IJ59*  Historical  Review.     Philadelphia:  1808. 

An  /  Historical  Review  /  of  the  /  Constitution  and  Gov- 
ernment I  of  I  Pennsylvania,  /  from  its  Origin;  /  so  far  as 
regards  the  several  points  of  Controversy  /  which  have 
from  time  to  time  arisen  /  between  /  the  several  Governors 
of  Pennsylvania  /  and  /  their  several  Assemblies.  /  Founded 
on  Authentic  Documents.  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  /  1808,  /  reprinted 
at  Philadelphia  /  by  Wm.  Duane,  /  from  the  London  edi- 
tion of  /  1759.  / 

8vo.     pp.  (2),  xv-xxxv,  (i),  431.  C.     254 

***  A  reissue  of  Vol.  n  of  Duane's  edition  of  Franklin's  writings. 

7759.  Historical  Review.     Philadelphia:  1812. 

An  /  Historical  /  Review  of  Pennsylvania,  /  from  its  Ori- 
gin. /  Embracing,  among  other  subjects,  the  various  points 
of  Contro-  /  versy  which  have  arisen,  from  time  to  time, 
between  /  the  several  Governors  and  the  Assemblies.  / 
Founded  on  Authentic  Documents.  /  By  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, L.  L.  D.  /  (Originally  published  in  London.)  /  Phila- 
delphia: /  Published  by  E.  Olinsted  and  W.  Power.  / 

1812. 

8vo.     pp.  (20),  444.  C.,  P.  H.  s.     255 

#\  This  edition  is  not,  as  Mr.  Sabin  states,  a  reissue  of  No.  254,  but 
a  reissue  of  the  first  edition,  with  a  new  title,  and  the  omission  of  the 
Dedication,  and  is  part  of  the  500  copies  sent  by  Franklin  to  America. 


356-259]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [113 


Letter  on  Small  Pox. 
Some  /  Account  /  Of  the  Success  of  /  Inoculation  /  for  the 
/  Small-Pox  /  in  /  England  and  America.  /  Together  with 
/  Plain  Instructions,  /  By  which  any  Person  may  be  en- 
abled to  perform  the  Operation,  /  and  conduct  the  Patient 
through  the  Distemper.  /  London:  /  Printed  by  W.  Strahan, 
M,D,CCL,IX: 

4to.    pp.  8,  12.  c.     256 

#**  The  "Account"  is  by  Franklin;  the  Instructions  by  Dr.  Archer. 

7759.   Parable  against  Persecution.     [London:  /75p.?] 
i.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these/  things  that  Abraham 

sat  in  the  door  of  /  his  tent,  about  the  going  down  of  the 

sun.  /  ..... 

8vo.    2  11.  p.  i,.    257 

***  An  imitation  by  Franklin  of  a  chapter  of  the  Bible,  which  he 
had  privately  printed  and  often  read  aloud  to  friends  as  Genesis  u, 
amusing  himself  by  their  comments  thereon.  This  is  the  first  version, 
lacking  the  last  four  paragraphs,  and  was  printed  before  1760,  but  Mr. 
C.  R.  Hildeburn  and  Mr.  F.  D.  Stone  both  think  it  is  not  from  a  Penn- 
sylvania press,  so  it  was  probably  printed  while  Franklin  was  in  Eng- 
land, between  the  years  1757-60.  This  version  was  the  one  printed 
by  Lord  Kames  in  his  History  of  Man  and  by  Vaughan  in  his  edition 
of  Franklin's  writings,  as  well  as  in  the  so-called  second  edition,  No. 
260.  To  give  the  full  history  of  this  most  curious  skit  herein  would 
take  more  space  than  could  be  given  to  it;  and  it  will  be  found  at 
length  in  a  (forthcoming)  essay  on  it  by  the  author  of  this  list.  Only 
one  copy  of  each  edition  has  come  to  the  compiler's  notice,  and  I 
question  if  more  than  a  dozen  copies  of  the  first  two  issues  were 
printed,  as  Franklin  desired  to  keep  it  a  secret.  In  Kayser's  Index 
Locupletissimus  Librorum,  I  find  the  following,  which  judging  by  the 
title  seems  to  be  an  edition  of  this  Parable,  but  the  price  (5  marks) 
would  seem  to  indicate  a  work  of  greater  size: 

Franklin,  B.  Gleichnitz  von  der  Glaubers-Duldung.  Dessau:  1855. 
Neubiirger.  8vo.  258 

/75p.  Parable  against  Persecution.     [London:  ij6-f\ 

i.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that  /  Abra- 
ham sat  in  the  door  of  his  tent,  about  /  the  going  down  of 
the  sun.  /  ..... 

I2mo.     2  11.  c.     259 

#*#  This  is  the  second  version,  with  the  supplementary  four  para- 
8 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [115 

I 

graphs.     It  was  certainly  printed  before  April,   1764.     The  Stevens- 
Franklin  Collection  contains  a  copy. 

*759>  Parable  against  Persecution.     London:  [//9J.] 

A  /  Parable  /  against  /  Persecution.  /  By  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, LL,  D.,  F,  R.  s.  /  The  Second  Edition,  /  Published  by 
M.  Gurney,  No.  128,  Holborn-Hill.  /  Price  One  Half- 
penny; or  33.  per  hundred.  [London:  1793.] 

i2tno.    pp.  3,  (i).  p.  i,.    260 

/7jp.  State  of  Pennsylvania. 

A  /  True  and  Impartial  State  /  Of  the  Province  of  /  Penn- 
sylvania. /  Containing,  /  An  exact  Account  of  the  Nature 
of  its  Government;  the  Power  /  of  the  Proprietaries,  and 
their  Governors;  as  well  those  /  which  they  derive  under 
the  Royal  Grant,  as  those  they  have  /  assumed  in  manifest 
Violation  thereof,  their  Father's  Char-/ter,  and  the  Rights 
of  the  People:  Also,  the  Rights  and  /  Privileges  of  the  As- 
sembly, and  People,  which  they  claim  /  under  the  said 
Grant,  Charter,  and  Laws  of  their  Country,  /  confirmed 
by  the  Royal  Approbation.  /  With  a  true  Narrative  of  the 
Dispute  between  the  Governors  /  and  Assemblies,  respect- 
ing the  Grants  of  Supplies  so  often  /  made  by  the  Latter, 
and  rejected  by  the  Former.  In  which  /  is  demonstrated, 
by  incontestable  Vouchers,  that  arbitrary  /  Proprietary  In- 
structions, have  been  the  true  and  only  Cause  /  of  the  Re- 
fusal of  such  Supplies,  and  the  late  defenceless  State  /  of 
the  Province.  /  The  whole  being  a  full  Answer  to  the 
Pamphlets  intitled  A  /  Brief  State,  and  A  Brief  View,  &c. 
of  the  /  Conduct  of  Pennsylvania.  / /  Philadel- 
phia: /  Printed  by  W.  Dunlap,  at  the  Newest-Printing-  / 
Office,  M,DCC,LIX. 

8vo.     pp.  (2),  iv,  173,  34,  (2).  p.  H.  s.     261 

**.*  "This  tract  was  probably  inspired,  if  not  wholly  written,  by 
Franklin." — Hildeburn.  Though  I  have  been  able  to  find  nothing  in 
support  of  Mr.  Hildeburn's  opinion,  I  consider  that  of  sufficient  au- 
thority to  give  the  title  a  place  in  this  list. 


262-266]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [117 


.  Interest  of  Great  Britain.  London:  1760. 
The  /  Interest  /  of  /  Great  Britain  /  Considered,  /  With 
Regard  to  her  /  Colonies,  /  And  the  Acquisitions  of  /  Can- 
ada and  Guadaloupe.  /  To  which  are  added,  /  Observations 
concerning  the  Increase  of  /  Mankind,  Peopling  of  Coun- 
tries, &c.  /  London:  /  Printed  for  T.  Becket,  at  Tully's 
Head,  near  /  Surry-Street,  in  the  Strand.  /  M  DCC  LX. 

8VO.      pp.  (2),  58.  B.  A.,  C.      262 

***  W.  T.  Franklin  stated  that  Franklin  was  assisted  in  this  by 
Richard  Jackson,  and  on  its  republication  in  Vaughan's  edition  of 
Franklin's  writings,  Baron  Maseres  wrote  to  Vaughan  and  claimed  for 
the  latter  's  share  nearly  %  of  the  pamphlet,  but  was  not  able  to  satisfy 
Mr.  Vaughan  as  to  the  accuracy  of  this  division.  On  the  contrary, 
Franklin  in  his  outline  autobiography  and  in  his  letter  to  Lord  Kames 
writes  of  it  as  "my  pamphlet,"  nor  does  he,  in  the  "Errata"  to 
Vaughan's  edition,  make  any  credit  to  Jackson  beyond  stating  that  he 
was  "considerably  assisted"  by  a  "learned  friend."  It  thus  seems  to 
me,  that  unless  some  statement  by  Jackson  to  the  contrary  is  discov- 
ered, we  shall  do  right  in  treating  Franklin  as  the  author.  The 
pamphlet  was  in  answer  to  William  Burke  's: 

Remarks  /  on  the  /  Letter  /  address'd  to  /  Two  Great  Men.  /  In  a  Let- 
ter to  the  /  Author  of  that  Piece  /  .....  /  London:  /  Printed  for  R. 
and  J.  Dodsley,  in  Pall-Mall.  [1760.]  8vo.  pp.64.  263 

**#  To  which  Burke  in  turn  replied  in: 

An  Examination  of  the  Commercial  Principles  of  the  late  Negotia- 
tion between  Great  Britain  and  France  In  MDCCLXI,  in  which  The 
System  of  that  Negotiation  with  Regard  to  our  Colonies  and  Commerce 
is  Considered.  London.  R.  and  J.  Dodsley.  MDCCLXI.  8vo.  pp. 
(2)  108.  264 

***  "Penned  with  great  good  sense  and  moderation."  Monthly 
Review,  xxn,  432. 

rj6o.  Interest  of  Great  Britain.     London:  ij6f. 

The  /  Interest  /  [$262*]  /  .    .    .  &c.  /  The  Second  Edi- 
tion. /  London:  /  [*262*]  /  M  DCC  LXL 

8vo.    pp.  (2),  58.  c.,  B.     265 

760.  Interest  of  Great  Britain.     Boston:     j6o. 

The  Interest  /  [^262*]  /  With  Regard  to  /  Her  Colonies 
/  [,,.262*]  /  .    .    .  &c.  /  As  the  very  ingenious,  useful,  and 
worthy  /  Author  of  this  Pamphlet  (B  .    .    .    .  n  F  .    .    .    .  n, 
)  is  /  well  known,  and  much  esteemed  by  principal 


266-271]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [119 

Gentlemen  /  in  England  and  America;  and  seeing  that  his 
other  Works  /  have  been  received  with  universal  Applause; 
the  present  /  Production  needs  no  further  Recommendation 
to  a  generous,  /  a  free,  an  intelligent  and  publick-spirited 
People.  /  London,  Printed.  MDCCLX.  /  Boston:  Reprinted, 
by  B.  Mecom,  /  and  Sold  at  the  New  Printing-Office, 
near  the  /  Town-House.  1760.  /  (Price  One  Shilling.) 

8vo.     pp.  59  (5).  B.     266 

1760.  Interest  of  Great  Britain.     Boston:  1760. 

The  /  Interest  /  [*266*]  .  .  .  &c.  /  The  second  Boston 
Edition  / /  London,  Printed  M,DCC,LX.  /  Bos- 
ton, N.  E.  Reprinted  and  Sold  by  B.  Mecom,  /  at  the 
New  Printing-Office,  near  the  Town-House.  /  1760. 

8vo.     pp.  64.  B.     267 

1760.  Interest  of  Great  Britain.     Philadelphia:  1760. 

The  /  Interest  /  [^262*]  /  Observations  concerning  the  in- 
crease of  Mankind,  /  Peopling  of  Countries,  &c.  /  London 
Printed.  /  Philadelphia  Re-printed,  and  Sold  by  William 
/  Bradford,  at  the  London-Coffee-House  /  MDCCLX. 

8vo.     pp.  47.  p.  H.  s.     268 

fj6o.  Interest  of  Great  Britain.     Dublin:  1760. 

The  Interest  of  Great  Britain Dublin:  P.  Wil- 
son. 1760. 

8vo.     pp.  60.  269 

#*#  Title  from  Sabin. 

1764..    Cool  Thoughts.     Philadelphia:  1764.. 

Cool  Thoughts  /  on  the  /  Present  Situation  /  of  our  / 
Public  Affairs.  /  In  a  Letter  to  a  Friend  in  the  Country.  / 
Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  W.  Dunlap.  M,DCC,LXIV. 

8VO.      pp.  22.  B.,  P.  H.  S.       270 

***  Written  in  favor  of  sending  a  petition  to  England  praying  that 
the  proprietary  government  might  be  changed  to  a  crown  government, 
and  signed  "A.  B."  "First  published  as  a  Supplement  to  the  Penn- 
sylvania Journal,  ~No.  1116,  April  26,  1764."  Hildeburn. 

/7<5/.    Cool  Thoughts.     Philadelphia:     764. 

Cool  Thoughts  /  on  the  present  /  Situation  /  of  our  / 
Public  Affairs.  /  In  a  Letter  to  a  Friend  in  the  Country,  / 


271-276]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [l2I 

Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  A.  Stewart  at  the  Bible-in-  / 
Heart.     M,DCC,LXIV. 

8vo.     pp.  20.  N.     271 

1764..  Narrative  of  Massacre. 

A  /  Narrative  /  of  the  late  /  Massacres,  /  in  /  Lancaster 
County,  /  of  a  /  Number  of  Indians,  /  Friends  of  this  Prov- 
ince, /  By  Persons  Unknown.  /  With  some  Observations  on 
the  same.  /[Philadelphia:]  Printed  [by  Anthony  Armbrus- 
ter]  in  the  Year  M,DCC,LXIV. 

8vo.    pp.  31.  p.  H.  s.     272 

*%  A  plain  and  simple  statement  of  a  most  barbarous  act.  Owing 
to  the  heated  condition  of  Pennsylvania,  the  massacre  assumed  polit- 
cal  importance,  and  was  the  subject  of  many  pamphlets,  which  will  be 
found  in  Hildeburn's  "Issues  of  the  Press  in  Pennsylvania,"  and  all  of 
which  relate  more  or  less  to  Franklin.  The  Narrative  was  reprinted  in 
the  London  Chronicle  of  April  10,  1764,  and  in  the  Gentleman's  Mag- 
azine (with  a  note  signed  J[ames]  H[utton?])  of  April,  1764,  xxxiv, 
173.  It  was  answered  by  Thomas  Barton  in: 

The  /  Conduct  /  of  the  /  Paxton-Men,  /  impartially  represented:  / 
With  some  /  Remarks  /  on  the  /  Narrative.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by 
Andrew  Steuart.  MDCCLXIV.  Sm.  8vo.  pp.  (2),  24.  273 

/7<5^.  Narrative  of  Massacre. 

Jpi|lorifd)e  /  9lrtd)rid}t  /  "P"  tern  /  neultob  in  Sancajter  Sounty 
iinbefannte  /  ^erfoncn  auc^efwforteu  /  23lutbate  /  iibrr  eine  /  Sl 
3nl>ianer,  /  roeldK  greunte  ttefer  $ro»tn$  rcamt.  /  9ft  it  einigen 
fiigten  /  Slnmerfungen.  /  2lu0  bem  (Snglticfyen  iifcerfejjt.     [Strata?] 
im  3al)r  1764. 

8vo.    pp.  31.  274 

Petition  to  King. 
[A  Petition  to  the  King,  for  changing  the  Proprietary 
Government  of  Pennsylvania  into  a  Royal  Government. 
Philadelphia:  B.  Franklin  and  D.  Hall.     1764.] 

o.    pp.  275 

***  Drafted  by  Franklin.  "Hall  says  300  were  printed  by  the 
firm."  Hildeburn. 

1764..  Remarks  on  a  Protest. 

Remarks  /  on  a  late  /  Protest  /  Against  the  Appointment 
of  /  Mr.  Franklin  an  Agent  /  for  this  Province  /  [Philadel- 
phia: Printed  by  B.  Franklin  and  D.  Hall.  1764.] 

8vo.    pp.  7.  p.  H.  s.    276 


277-28O]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [123 

3.%  In  the  local  elections  of  1764,  Franklin  was  defeated  in  his  elec- 
tion to  the  Assembly.  His  friends,  having  control  of  that  body,  at 
once  voted  his  appointment  as  agent  of  the  Province  to  England. 
John  Dickinson,  David  McCanaughy,  John  Montgomery,  Isaac  Saun- 
ders,  George  Taylor,  William  Allen,  Thomas  Willing,  George  Bryan~ 
Amos  Strettell,  and  Henry  Keppele,  at  once  united  in  a  protest  against 
this  action,  which  was  published  in  the  Pennsylvania  Journal  of  Nov. 
ist,  1764,  and  more  recently  in  Smith's  Life  and  Correspondence  of 
William  Smith,  from  which  it  was  reprinted  as  follows: 

The  Reasons  /  on  which  were  founded,  /  The  Protest  /  offered  by  cer- 
tain members  of  the  /  Assembly  to  that  Body  /  Concerning  the  Sending 
of  Mr.  Franklin  to  England  as  Assistant  /  to  our  Agent  there.  /  (From 
the  Pennsylvania  Journal  of  March  ist,  1764.)  /  Reprinted  /  Philadel- 
phia, 1878.  8vo.  pp.  4.  p.  i,.  277 

*\  This  Franklin  answered  in  his  "Remarks,"  which  was  in  turn 
replied  to  by  the  Rev.  William  Smith  in : 

An  /  Answer  /  to  /  Mr.  Franklin's  /  Remarks  /  on  a  late  /  Protest.  / 
Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford  at  his  Book-  / 
Store,  in  Market-street,  adjoining  the  London  Coffee-house.  /  M.DCC.- 
LXIV.  8vo.  pp.  22.  p.  H.  S.  278 

1764.  Remarks  on  the  Protest. 

$roteftarion  /  gegen  bie  SBefhflung  /  £errn  ^Benjamin  grantlin'3  ju 
eincm  2lgenten  fur  /  biefe  $ro»ittj,  /  [Followed  by]  /  2Inmer!ungen/ 
iiber  eirc  rmtlidje  /  $rote|fration  /  flegen  bie  SBcfledung  /  £errn  Senja- 
mtn  gianllin'vj  ju  etnem  2lcjenten  fur  /  birfe  ^rootnj  /  [Germantown: 
Christoph  Saur.  1764.] 

Folio,     pp.  (4.)  279 

#*#  "  The  Protest  occupies  the  first  page,  the  other  three  being  filled 
with  Franklin's  Remarks  upon  it."  Title  and  note  from  Hildeburn. 

1764*  Preface  to  Galloway'1  s  Speech.  Philadelphia:  1764. 
The  /  Speech  /  Of  /  Joseph  Galloway,  Esq;  /  One  of  the 
Members  for  Philadelphia  County:  /  In  Answer  /  To  the 
Speech  of  John  Dickinson,  Bsq;  /  Delivered  in  the  House 
of  Assembly,  of  the  /  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  May  24, 
1764.  /  On  Occasion  of  a  Petition  drawn  up  by  Order,  and 

/  then  under  the  Consideration  of  the  House;  /  praying  his 
Majesty  for  a  Royal,  in  lieu  of  /  a  Proprietary  Government 

I  ...  I  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  W.  Dunlap, 
in  Market-street  /  MDCCLXIV. 

8vo.     pp.  xxxv,  (3),  45.  B.  A.     280 


280-284]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [l25 

*\  The  "Preface"  of  35  pages,  was  written  by  Franklin,  and  is  a 
very  bitter  attack  on  the  Penns  and  their  partisans. 

1^64.  Preface  to  Galloway*  s  Speech.     Philadelphia:  1764. 
The  /  Speech  /  [^280^,]  /  A  Proprietary  Government  / 
.    .    .  /  The  Second  Edition  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and 
sold  by  W.  Dunlap,  in  Market-street.  /  MDCCLXIV. 

8vo.     pp.  xxxv,  (3),  45.  281 

1764.  Preface  to  Galloway1 s  Speech.     London:  1765. 

The  /  Speech  /  [^280*]  /  .    .    .  A  Proprietary  Govern- 
ment.  /  With  a  Preface  by  a  Member  of  the  Assembly.  / 
.    .    .  /  Philadelphia  Printed;  /  London  Reprinted,  and 
sold  by  W.  Nicoll,  /  in  St.  Paul's  Church- Yard,  MDCCLXV. 
/  (Price  Two  Shillings). 

8vo.     pp.  (2),  92.  B.     282 

***  "We  cannot  but  wonder  that  a  man  of  Mr.  Dickinson's  abilities 
should,  in  his  answer  to  Mr.  Galloway,  take  no  notice  of  the  masterly 
Preface  to  the  last-named  Gentleman's  Speech,  by  another  Hand. 

This  Preface,  supposed  to  be  written  by  Mr.  F n,  is  of  itself  a  very 

considerable  tract,  of  thirty-five  pages,  and  exhibits  a  succinct  view  of 
this  controversy."  Monthly  Review,  xxxn,  67. 

1764.  Preface  to  Galloway*  s  Speech.     Philadelphia:  1764.. 

£>ie  /  £Rebe  /  £errn  Sofepfy  ©allomap's,  /  ernes  tier  SSftirgltebet 
be3  JpaufeS  fur  /  3>fytlabelpf)ia  Sounty,  /  3ur  23eantn?orrung  /  £>er  9let>e 
rcelcfye  £>r.  3ofyn  Xtcftnfon  /  fallen  /  im  £aufe  ber  Slffembty  ber 
sprottinj  /  $enn|9toanten,  am  24ten  5)ia9,  1764,  /  33a  ©elegenfyeit 
enter  33ittf$rift,  roel^e  auf  Sefe^I  /  fces  ^aitfeg  aufgefe^t,  unt)  bamats 
in  Ueberlegung  genommen  n?ar,  worm  (Seine  Jtoniglicfye  sJJiaje|'tdt  urn/  ein 
$onigltd)e$  anftatt  bed  je^igen  proprietors  ©o»ernement$  erfud?t  n?irb,  / 
SlJiit  einer  SSorrebe.  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  /  2lus  bem  ©nglifdjen 
nberfe^t.  /  Philadelphia,  Gedruckt  und  zu  finden  bey  Hen- 
rich  /  Miller,  in  der  Zweyten-strasse.  [1764.] 

8vo.     pp.  xliv,  (4),  46.  283 

//dj".  Emblematical  Design.     London. 

Magna   Britannia;    her   Colonies   Reduc'd.      [L,ondon: 

1765-] 

Sm.    4to.     1 1.  p.     284 


284-287]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN. 

invented  a  little  emblematical  design,  intended  to  represent  the  sup- 
posed state  of  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies,  should  the  former  per- 
sist in  her  oppressive  measures,  restraining  the  latter's  trade,  and  tax- 
ing their  people  by  laws  made  by  a  legislature  in  which  they  were  not 
represented.  It  was  engraved  on  a  copper  plate.  Dr.  Franklin  had 
many  of  them  struck  off  on  cards,  on  the  back  of  which  he  occasion- 
ally wrote  his  notes.  It  was  also  printed  on  a  half-sheet  of  paper,  with 
the  explanation  and  moral."  W.  T.  Franklin's  Memoirs  of  Franklin, 
I,  219. 

x* *  The  plate  was  also  engraved,  with  "Its  Companion,"  for  The 
Political  Register,  No.  xxi,  December,  1768.  Of  this  issue  I  have  only 
seen  one  impression.  , 

#*#  The  English  plate  measures  3^  x  4j£  inches,  and  is  without  the 
"explanation"  added  in  the  American  edition.  All  three  issues  are  of 
the  greatest  rarity. 

/7<5j.  Emblematical  Design.     Philadelphia. 

Magna   Britannia;    her   Colonies   Reduc'd.     [Philadel- 
phia: Engraved  by  Dawkins?  1766.] 

Folio,     i  1.  p.     285 

#*#  The  plate  measures  4^  x6^.  An  "Explanation"  is  added,  but 
not  by  Franklin.  This  edition  is  reproduced  in  Franklin's,  Duane's, 
and  Sparks'  editions  of  Franklin's  writings. 

7/<5j.  Emblematical  Design.     Amsterdam. 

La   Grande   Bretagne   inutile*.     Das  verstimuelte  Brit- 

anien.  / /  Amsterdam.   [176-] 

Oblong  Folio,     i  1.  286 

#*#  The  engraver  has  made  many  changes  in  this  Dutch  edition 
from  Franklin's  idea.  Great  Britain  is  chained  to  a  rock,  which  has 
been  substituted  for  the  globe,  and  a  sailor  has  been  added  in  the  fore- 
ground. The  only  copy  I  have  seen  is  through  the  courtesy  of  Mr. 
Charles  R.  Hildeburn,  of  Philadelphia,  in  whose  collection  it  is. 

1766.  Examination  in  Parliament.     [London:  if66.~\ 

(i)  /  The  /  Examination  /  of  /  Doctor  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, &c.  /  [London.     J.  Almon.     1766.] 

8vo.     pp.  50.  p.  i,.     287 

*\  Owing  to  the  secrecy  of  the  proceedings  in  Parliament,  this  edi- 
tion gives  no  clue  either  to  where  the  examination  was  held,  or  when, 
and  by  whom  it  was  printed,  Almon  evidently  fearing  prosecution,  and 
the  printers  of  most  of  the  subsequent  editions  used  much  the  same 
precautions.  As  no  prosecution  was  instituted,  Almon  became  bolder, 
and  issued  an  edition  (which  is  otherwise  identical  with  the  above), 
with  a  title  as  in  No.  288. 


287-290]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN. 

***  The  examination  was  before  the  House  of  Commons,  and  was 
held  in  April,  1766.  "  It  was  concerted  that  he  should  be  interrogated 
on  the  whole  merits  of  the  question  before  the  house  of  commons  .  .  . 
Most  of  the  questions  propounded  were  already  and  skilfully  arranged 
between  him  and  the  enemies  of  the  act."  Walsh  in  Delaplaine1  s 
Repository,  74. 

#**  "Some  of  my  friends  have  thought  that  a  publication  of  my 
Examination  might  answer  some  of  the  above  purposes,  by  removing 
prejudices,  refuting  falsehoods,  and  demonstrating  our  merits  with 
regard  to  this  country.  It  is  accordingly  printed  and  has  a  great  run." 
Franklin  to  Galloway. 

***  ' '  Your  Friends  received  the  highest  gratification  in  the  perusal 
of  your  Examination,  and  they  anxiously  looked  for  the  arrival  of  the 
last  packet,  as  they  flattered  themselves,  they  should  have  one  they 
could  print;  but  they  are  greatly  disappointed.  The  one  Mr.  Hall  has 
he  has  been  very  industrious,  in  the  reading  to  different  large  compa- 
nies; and  the  demand  for  it,  from  all  parts  of  the  Province,  is  beyond 
conception. ' '  Letter  to  Franklin . 

***  See  Delaplaine's  Repository,  74,  for  a  paper  giving  Franklin's 
account  of  the  examination,  and  a  list  of  the  questioners;  and  the 
Monthly  Review,  xxxvn,  73;  and  London  Magazine,  xxxvi,  364,  for 
reviews. 

1766.  Examination  in  Parliament.     London:  1767. 

The  /  Examination  /  of  /  Doctor  Benjamin  Franklin,  / 
Relative  to  the  /  Repeal  /  of  the  /  American  Stamp  Act,  / 
In  MDCCLXVL  /  [London:  J.  Almon.]     MDCCLXVII. 
/  (Price  One  Shilling.) 

8vo.    pp.  (2),  50.  c.     288 

1766.  Examination  in  Parliament.     London:  1766. 

The  Examination  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  before  an 
Honourable  Assembly,  relative  to  the  Repeal  of  the  Amer- 
ican Stamp  Act,  in  1766.  London:  1767. 

8vo.     pp.  50.  289 

***  This  title  is  taken  from  Rich's  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova, 
and  is  I  think  untrustworthy.  In  the  Stevens-Franklin  Collection  the 
same  title  is  repeated,  but  on  reference  to  the  original  pamphlet  it 
proves  to  be  a  copy  of  No.  288. 

1766.  Examination  in  Parliament.     Philadelphia. 

(i)  /  The  Examination  of  Doctor  /  Benjamin  Franklin, 
before  an  /  August  Assembly,  relating  to  the  Repeal  of  / 

9 


29O-295]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN.  [131 

the    Stamp- Act,  &c.  /  [Philadelphia:    Hall   and   Sellers. 
1766.] 

8vo.     pp.  1 6.  c.     290 

***  This  and  the  following  edition  so  closely  resemble  each  other  as 
to  be  easily  confused.  There  are,  however,  minor  differences  as  fol- 
lows: The  Philadelphia  edition  has  a  double  line  of  even  sized  lines 
for  a  head  piece,  and  the  signatures  are  "A,  A2,  A3,  A4."  In  the  New 
York  edition  the  head  lines  are  of  uneven  thickness;  and  the  signa- 
tures are  "A,  A2,  B,  B2." 

1366.  Examination  in  Parliament,     New  York. 

(i)  /  The  Examination  of  Doctor  /  Benjamin  Franklin, 
before  an  /  August  Assembly,  relating  to  the  Repeal  of  / 
the  Stamp-Act,  &c.  /  [Reprinted  by  James  Parker,  Esq.  in 
New  York.     September.     1766.] 

8vo.    pp.  16.  c.    291 

#*#  The  portion  in  brackets  of  the  above  title  is  a  MS.  note,  in  a  con- 
temporary handwriting,  from  a  copy  of  the  edition  in  the  library  of 
Gordon  L,.  Ford,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1766.  Examination  in  Parliament.     Boston. 

(i)  /  The  Examination  /  of  Doctor  Benjamin  Franklin, 
/  before  an  August  Assembly,  relating  to  the  /  Repeal  of 
the  Stamp- Act,  &c.     [Boston:  1766?] 

8vo.     pp.  23.  p.,  M.     292 

fj66.  Examination  in  Parliament.      Williamsburg. 

The  Examination  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  relative 
to  the  repeal  of  the  American  Stamp  Act  in  1766.  Wil- 
liamsburg. 

4tO.  B.  A.      293 

1766.  Examination  in  Parliament.     Boston. 

The  Examination  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  before  the 
House  of  Commons,  relating  to  the  Stamp  Act.  Boston. 

1766. 

8vo.     pp.  108.  294 

***  Title  from  Thomas'  and  Haven's  "Catalogue  of  American  Pub- 
lications, /<Jjp-/77J." 

1766.  Examination  in  Parliament.     New  London. 

The  New  London  Gazette  .  .  .  [extra]  No.  132,  for 
October  10,  1766.  The  Examination  of  Dr.  Franklin  be- 


295-298]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF    FRANKLIN.  [133 

fore  an  August  Assembly,   relative  to  the  repeal  of  the 
Stamp  Act.     [New  London.     Timothy  Green.     1766.] 

Sm.  Folio,     pp.  2.  C.     295 

1766.  Examination  in  Parliament.     Strasbourg. 

Interrogatoire  /  de  /  Mr.  Franklin  /  Depute"  de  Pensil- 
vanie  /  au  /  Parlement  /  de  la  Grande  Bretagne.  /  Traduit 
de  1'Anglois  /  par  /  Ch  .  .  .  D.  H  .  .  .  /  Maitre  de  la 
langue  Anglois  £  Strasbourg.  /  Prix  24  sols.  /  [colophon] 
A  Strasbourg:  /  de  1'Imprimerie  de  Simon  Kiirsner.  / 
Avec  Approbation.  [1767?] 

8vo.    pp.  35.  c.    296 

1766.  Examination  in  Parliament.     Philadelphia. 

Die  /  SJerfyorung  /  Doctor  SBenjamin  granflitt'a  /  »on  ber  /  $ol)ett 
SSerfammliing  /  fces  /  £aitfe3  bcr  ©emeincn  /  son  ©rofjbrittanien,  /  tie 
©tempel  2Ict,  K.,  betrrffenb.  /  5lu3  tern  <£ngltfd)en  iibrrfefct.  /  Phil- 
adelphia, Gredruckt  und  zu  finden  bey  H.  Miller,  /  in  der 
Zweyten-Strasse,  1766. 

8vo.    pp.  43.  p.  H.  s.    297 

**#  The  Examination  was  also  printed  in:  A  Collection  of  Tracts, 
published  in  England  and  America  on  the  subjects  of  Taxing  the 
American  Colonies,  and  Regulating  their  Trade  .  .  .  London:  1770; 
A  Collection  of  Interesting  Authentic  Papers  relative  to  the  Dispute 
between  Great  Britain  and  America  .  .  .  London:  1777;  A  Collection 
of  Scarce  end  Interesting  Tracts  .  .  •  In  Four  Volumes  .  .  .  London: 
1787;  In  French  in  Nos.  113-116,  118,  326  and  Pr&cis  de  Vfctat  Actuel 
des  Colonies  Angloises  Dans  VAmtrique  Septentrionale.  Par  M.  Dom- 
inique de  Blackford.  A  Milan:  1771;  and  in  German  in  Sammlung 
neuer  Reisebeschreibungen  .  .  .  Franklin's  Nachrichten  -von  Nord 
Amerika  mit  Kohler  Anmerkungen  begleitet.  1767;  Herrn  Hofrath 
Achenwalls  in  Gdttingen  Anmerkungen  uber  Nord  Amerika  und  uber 
dasige  Grosbritannische  Colonien  aus  mundlichen  Nachrichten  des 
Herrn  Franklin's.  Frankfort  und  Leipzig:  1769;  and  Einige  An- 
merkungen iiber  Nord-America  und  uber  dasige  Grosbritannische 
Colonien.  Aus  mundlichen  Nachrichten  des  Herrn  D.  Franklin's 
verfasst  von  Gottfried  Achenwall  .  .  Helmstedt:  1777. 

1766.    Observations  and  Suppositions. 

Physical  and  Meteorological  /  Observations,  /  and  /  Sup- 
positions, /  By  Benjamin  Franklin,  IvL.  D.  F.  R.  S.  / 


298-303]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [135 

Read  at  the  Royal  Society,  June   3,    1756.    /  London:  / 
Printed  in  the  Year  M.DCC.LXVI. 

4to.    pp.  15.  c.,  P.  H.  s.    298 

*%  Originally  printed  in  the  Transactions  of  the  Royal  Society  for 
1766,  and  the  same  forms  used  to  print  this  separate  issue.  By  an 
oversight  this  was  omitted  from  its  proper  place  in  this  list. 

1768.  Art  of  Swimming.     London:  1816. 

The  /  Art  /  of  /  Swimming  / /To  which  are 

added,  / /  An  Advice  to  Bathers,  /  by  the  /  late 

Celebrated  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  London:  /  Orlando 
Hodgson,  21  Maiden  Lane,  Wood  Street.  /  Price  Six- 
pence. [1816?] 

I2mo.     pp.  24,  plate.  B.  M.     299 

1768.  Art  of  Swimming.     New-  York:  1818. 

The/  Art  of  Swimming,  / /  ByJ.  Frost/  .    .    . 

/  To  which  is  added,  /  Dr.  Franklin's  Treatise,  /  .    .    .    . 
.   /  New- York:  /  Published  by  P.  W.  Gallaudet,  Fulton- 
SL  /  Birch  and  Kelly,  Printers.  /  1818. 

8vo.     pp.  xiv,  72,  plates.  B.     300 

1768.  Art  of  Swimming.     London:  1854.. 

The  Swimmer's  Handbook,  with   Dr.   Franklin's  Ad- 
vice.    London:  1854. 

Min.    pp.  B.  M.    301 

%*x  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue. 

#*)(.  It  is  also  included  in  A  Picture  of  Margate London' 

1809. 

1768.  American  Discontents. 

The  Trve  Sentiments  of  America:  /  Contained  in  a  Col- 
lection of  /  Letters  / /  London,    Printed  for  I. 

[sic]  Almon,  in  Piccadilly.  /  1768. 

8vo.     pp.  158.  B.     302 

#*#  Contains  Franklin's  "Causes  of  the  American  Discontents  be- 
fore 1768,"  originally  printed  in  the  London  Chronicle  of  Jan.  7,  1768. 
With  the  signature  of  F[ranklin's]  S[eal.] 

1768.   Preface  to  Dickinson1  s  Letters.     London:  ij68. 

Letters  /  from  a  /  Farmer  in  Pennsylvania,  /  to  the  /  In- 
habitants /  of  the  /  British  Colonies.     [By  John  Dickin- 


303-307]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [137 

son.]  /  London.  /  Printed  for  J.  Almon,  opposite  Burling- 
ton-house, Piccadilly.  /  M  DCC  LXVIII. 

8vo.  (4),  iii,  (i),  118.  C.     303 

***  Originally  printed  in  Philadelphia,  and  reprinted  in  England  at 
the  instance  of  Franklin,  who  added  a  Preface,  dated  "London,  May 
8,  1768,  "  and  signed  "N.  N." 

*\  "The  farmer's  Letters  were  written  by  one  Mr.  Dickinson,  of 
Philadelphia,  and  not  by  me,  as  you  seem  to  suppose.  I  only  caused 
them  to  be  reprinted  here  with  that  little  Preface,  and  had  no  other 
hand  in  them,  except  that  I  see  some  of  my  sentiments  formerly  pub- 
lished are  collected  and  interwoven  with  those  of  others  and  his  own, 
by  the  author."  Franklin  to  Le  Roy. 

»*#  This  preface  is  omitted  in  the  later  London  edition  of  this 
pamphlet,  published  in  1774. 

1768.  Preface  to  Dickinson1  s  Letters.     Paris:  1769. 
L/ettres  d'un  fermier  de  Pensylvanie  aux  habitants  de 

1'Amerique  Septentrionale.     Traduites  de  1'Anglois.  Am- 
sterdam [Paris:]  M.DCC.LXIX. 

8vo.     pp.  xxviii,  258.  H.     304 

**#  Translated  by  Barbeu  Dubourg. 

***  "I  am  just  returned  from  France,  where  I  found  our  dispute 
much  attended  to,  several  of  our  pamphlets  being  translated  and 
printed  there,  among  the  rest  my  Examination  and  the  Fanner's 
Letters,  with  two  of  my  pieces  annexed,  of  which  last  I  send  you  a 
copy."  Franklin  to  Cooper. 

1769.  "Curious"  Note. 

The  Americans  may  be  treated  with  as  much  equity, 
and  even  /  tenderness  by  the  parliament  of  Great  Britain 
.    .    .  / [Hartford:  1880.] 

Square  i2mo.     Broadside.  p.  I,.     305 

**#  This  is  an  extract  from  An  Inquiry  into  the  Nature  and  Causes 
of  the  Present  Disputes  between  the  British  Colonies  and  their  Mother- 
Country.  London:  s?6o,  with  Franklin's  MS.  note  on  the  passage,  and 
an  explanatory  note  by  Mr.  J.  Hammond  Trumbull  of  the  "curious 
illustration,  in  short-hand,  which  Mr.  Sparks  has  omitted."  See 
Brinley  Catalogue,  11,  lot  3222.  Only  a  few  copies  were  printed  for  cir- 
culation among  "the  elect"  at  the  Bnnley  auction  sale.  The  volume 
containing  the  original  note  is  now  in  the  Lenox  Library. 

1769.  Electrical  Experiments. 

Experiments  /  and  /  Observations  /  On  /  Electricity,  / 


307-311]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [139 

made  at  /  Philadelphia  in  America,  /  By  /  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, L.  L.  D.  and  F.  R.  S.  /  To  which  are  added,  /  Letters 
and  Papers  /  on  /  Philosophical  Subjects.  /  The  Whole  cor- 
rected, methodized,  improved,  and  now  first  col-  /  lected 
into  one  Volume,  /  and  /  Illustrated  with  Copper  Plates.  / 
London:  /  Printed  for  David  Henry;  and  sold  by  Francis 
Newbery,   /  at  the  Corner  of  St.  Paul's  Church- Yard.  / 
MDCCLXIX. 

4to.     pp.  (4),  496,  (14),  5  plates.          c.,  P.  H.  s.     307 
***  The  fourth  edition  of  Franklin's  Experiments.     See  Nos.  77,  93, 
96  and  318. 

/7<5<?.   Letter  to  Philadelphia  Committee. 

Letters  /  To  the  Merchants  Committee  of  Philadelphia, 
/  Submitted  to  the  Consideration  of  /  The  Public.  /  [Phila- 
delphia: 1770.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  p.     308 

***  Letters  from  Franklin  (dated  July  9,  1769)  and  John  Neuville. 

7777.  Autobiography  to  /7J/.     See  1789. 
7777.  Letter  to  Humphrey  Marshall. 

London,  April  22,  1771.  /  Sir  / /  B.  Franklin. 

/  Entered  according  to  the  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  Year 
1865  by  W.  W.  Cox.  In  the  /  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District 
Court  of  the  District  of  Columbia.  /  Lith.  of  Charles  Hart, 
99  Fulton  St.  N.  Y.  [1865?] 

Folio,     pp.  (4).  B.     309 

**#  A  lithographic  copy  of  a  letter  not  included  in  Sparks'  or  Bige- 
low's  editions. 

7777.  Plan  for  New  Countries. 

[Plan  for  benefiting  distant  unprovided  countries.  By 
Alexander  Dairy rnple  and  Benjamin  Franklin.  London: 
1771?] 

o.     Broadside.  310 

#**  ' '  These  proposals  were  printed  on  a  sheet  of  paper  some  two  or 
three  years  ago,  and  distributed.  The  parts  written  by  Dr.  Franklin 
and  Mr,  Dalrymple  are  easily  distinguished."  Vaughan1  s  edition  of 
Franklin's  writings,  37. 

1772.  Reply  to  Report  on  the  Walpole  Grant. 

Report  /  of  the  /  Lords  Commissioner's  for  /  Trade  and 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [141 

Plantations  /  on  the  /  Petition  /  of  the  /  Honourable  Thomas 
Walpole,  Benjamin  /  Franklin,  John  Sargent  and  Samuel 
/  Wharton,  Esquires  and  their  Associ-  /  ates;  /  for  /  A  Grant 
of  Lands  on  the  River  Ohio,  in  North  /  America;  for  the 
purpose  of  Erecting  a  New  /  Government.  /  With  /  Obser- 
vations and  Remarks.  /  London :  /  Printed  for  J.  Almon, 
opposite  Burlington-House,  in  /  Piccadilly  /  MDCCLXXII. 

8vo.     pp.  108,  folding  table.  c.,  N.     311 

***  The  Report  (written  by  Lord  Hillsborough)  fills  the  first  34 
pages;  the  remainder  being  the  "Observations  and  Remarks"  which 
were  written  by  Franklin. 

#\  "Dr.  Franklin's  answer  to  the  Report  of  the  Board  of  Trade 
was  intended  to  have  been  published,  but  Lord  Hillsborough  resign- 
ing, Dr.  Franklin  stopped  the  sale  on  the  morning  of  the  publication, 
when  not  above  five  copies  had  been  disposed  of."  Almon's  Anec- 
dotes, n,  238. 

*%  Mr.  Almon  has,  I  believe,  confused  this  pamphlet  with  No.  317, 
in  the  above  statement,  for  this  was  advertised  with  a  price,  and  re- 
viewed in  the  Monthly  Review  (xi«vii,  239)  and  in  the  Critical  Review 
(xxxiv,  320),  and  though  a  rare  pamphlet,  the  compiler  has  seen 
more  than  five  copies,  besides  noting  the  existence  of  others. 

*%  The  whole  tract  is  reprinted  in  Almon's  Biographical,  Literary 
and  Political  Anecdotes,  n,  200.  See  also  No.  317. 

777.2.  Letter  on  Toleration. 

Two  Letters,  addressed  to  the  Right  Rev.  Prelates,  who 
a  second  Time  rejected  the  Dissenters'  Bill.  London: 
Johnson.  MDCCLXXII. 

8vo.     pp.  108.  312 

*\  The  pamphlet  is  by  E.  RadclifF.  The  appendix  contains  Frank- 
lin's "Letter  concerning  persecutions  in  former  Ages,  the  Maintenance 
of  the  Clergy,  American  Bishops,  and  the  State  of  Toleration  in  Old 
England  and  New  England  compared,"  originally  published  in  7 he 
London  Packet  of  June  3,  1772. 

*%  "I  now  add  ...  a  spirited  address  to  the  bishops  who  oppos  'd 
the  Dissenter's  petition.  It  is  written  by  a  dissenting  minister  at  York. 
There  is  preserved  at  the  end  of  it  a  little  fugitive  piece  of  mine,  writ- 
ten on  the  same  occasion."  Franklin  to  Mather. 

777?.  Preface  to  Book  of  Common  Prayer. 

Abridgement  /  of  /  the  Book  of  /  Common  Prayer,  /  And 
Administration  of  the  /  Sacraments,  /  and  other  /  Rites  and 


3*3~3I4]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [143 

Ceremonies  /  of  the  /  Church,  /  According  to  the  Use  of  / 
the  Church  of  England:  /  together  with  the  /  Psalter,  or 
Psalms  /  of  /  David,  Printed  as  they  are  to  be  sung  or  said 
in  Churches.  /  London:  /  Printed  in  the  Year  MDCC- 

LXXIII. 

8vo.     76 11.  C.     313 

x\  Franklin  wrote  the  Preface,  and  abridged  the  Catechism  and  the 
Psalms. 

#\  "The  Liturgy  you  mention  was  an  abridgement  of  that  made  by 
a  noble  Lord  of  my  acquaintance,  who  requested  me  to  assist  him  by 
taking  the  rest  of  the  book,  viz.,  the  Catechism  and  the  reading  and 
singing  Psalms.  These  I  abridged  by  retaining  of  the  Catechism  only 
the  two  questions,  What  is  your  duty  to  God?  What  is  your  duty  to 
your  neighbour?  with  answers.  The  Psalms  were  much  contracted  by 
leaving  out  the  repetitions  (of  which  I  found  more  than  I  could  have 
imagined),  and  the  imprecations,  which  appeared  not  to  suit  well  the 
Christian  doctrine  of  forgiveness  of  injuries,  and  doing  good  to  ene- 
mies. The  book  was  printed  for  Wilkie,  in  St.  Paul's  Church  Yard, 
but  never  much  noticed.  Some  were  given  away,  very  few  sold,  and  I 
suppose  the  bulk  became  waste  paper."  Franklin  to  Sharp. 

#**  "Printed  at  the  expense  of  the  late  Lord  Despencer  at  West 
Wycombe,  Bucks;  abridged  by  the  late  Sir  Francis  Dashwood,  Bart. 
Dr.  Dibdin,  from  whom  this  information  was  derived,  said  the  late 
Earl  of  Bute  shewed  this  abridgement  to  him  in  his  library  at  Peter- 
sham." Martin's  Bibliographical  Catalogue  of  Privately  Printed 
Books,  521. 

**#  Two  misstatements  in  the  above  paragraph  have  led  all  succeed- 
ing cataloguers  into  error — one  in  stating  that  the  volume  was  printed 
at  West  Wycombe,  the  other  that  it  was  abridged  by  Sir  Francis  Dash- 
wood,  for  Lord  Le-Despencer,  for  they  were  one  and  the  same  person. 
The  volume  is  of  the  greatest  rarity,  neither  the  British  Museum  nor 
Bodleian  Library  possessing  it.  It  is  certainly  a  delicious  bit  of  satire 
to  find  one  of  the  most  notorious  of  roues,  assisted  by  a  deist,  reform- 
ing the  Common  Prayer,  and  then  that  volume  made,  to  a  certain  ex- 
tent, the  basis  of  the  "Proposed"  prayer  book  of  the  "Church"  in 
this  country. 

7//J.  Rules  for  Reducing  a  Great  Empire. 

Rules  /  for  /  Reducing  /  a  /  Great  Empire  /  to  /  a  /  Small 

One.  /  By  the  late  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  L.  L.  D.  F.  R.  S. 

/  Dedicated  /  to  the  /  Right  Honourable  /  Alexander,  Lord 

Loughborough.  /  To  which  is  subjoined  /  The  Declaration 

of  Independence  by  the  Representa-  /  tives  of  the  United 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [145 

States  of  America  in  /  General  Congress  assembled.   / 
London:  /  Printed  for  James  Ridgway,  No.  i,  York  Street 
/  St.  James  Square.  /  1793.  /(Price  Three  Pence.) 

8vo.     pp.  16.  c.     314 

**#  Probably  the  cleverest  political  satire  written  by  Franklin.  It 
is  a  scathing  review  of  the  Ministry's  methods  for  governing  America, 
and  is  chiefly  aimed  at  Lord  Hillsborough,  with  whom  Franklin  cer- 
tainly more  than  squares  the  accounts  which  the  latter  had  opened  by 
his  treachery  iu  the  "  Walpole  Grant"  affair. 

***  Originally  printed  in  October,  1773,  in  the  Public  Advertiser, 
and  reprinted  in  the  same  paper  a  few  weeks  later  by  special  request 
It  was  also  copied  into  several  other  papers,  and  into  the  Gentleman's 
Magazine.  Reviewed  in  the  Monthly  Review,  N.  s.  xn,  227. 

#*#  This  edition  is  dedicated  by  the  English  editor  to  Alexander, 
Lord  Loughborough  (Wedderburn),  the  author  of  the  savage  attack 
on  Franklin  in  connection  with  the  "Hutchinson  and  Oliver  Letters" 
on  the  ground  that  "when  I  reflect  on  your  Lordship's  magnanimous 
conduct  towards  the  author  of  the  following  golden  Rules,  there  is,  in 
my  opinion,  a  peculiar  propriety  in  dedicating  this  new  edition  of  them 
to  a  nobleman,  whose  talents  were  so  eminently  useful  in  procuring 
the  emancipation  of  our  American  brethren." 

*773'    Works  Edited  by  Barbeu  Dubourg. 

CEuvres  /  de  /  M.  Franklin,  /  Docteur  £s  Loix,  /  .    .    .  / 

.../.../.../.../..    .  /Traduitesdel'Anglois 

sur  la  quatrieme  Edition.  /  Par  M.  Barbeu  Dubourg.  /  Avec 

des  Additions  Nouvelles  /  Et  des  Figures  en  Taille  douce. 

/  Tome  Premier.  /A  Paris,  /Chez  Quillau  Paine,  Ljbraire, 

rue  Christine,  au  Magasin  Litteraire.  /  Esprit,  Libraire  de 

Mgr.  le  Due  de  Chartres,  au  Palais  Royal.  /  Et  1'Auteur, 

rue  de  la  Bucherie,  aux  Ecoles  de  M^decine.  /  M.  DCC.- 

LXX1II.  /  Avec  Approbation  &  Permission  du  Roi.  / 

a  Vols.    4to.     pp.  (4),  xxii,  (2),  338,  portrait,  5  plates, — (4),  xiii,  (3),  318, 

(2),  7  Plates.  B.     315 

***  My  affection  for  the  author  has  made  me  undertake  the  transla- 
tion, and  his  friendship  for  me  has  caused  him  to  draw  from  his  port- 
folio many  pieces,  which  have  not  before  appeared,  to  enrich  this 
French  edition.  Preface. 

x*#  Brunet  states  that  the  translation  was  made  by  J.  B.  L'Ecuy.  The 

first  volume  is  devoted  entirely  to  electricity,  being  a  reprint  of  the 

English  editions,  with  the  addition  of  several  pieces  not  included  in 

any  former  edition.     The  second  volume  includes  his  other  scientific 

10 


3I5~3I7]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [147 

writings;  The  Pennsylvania  Fireplace;  Observations  on  the  Increase  of 
Mankind;  Letters  to  Shirley;  Poor  Richard  (which  in  the  translation, 
becomes  "Le  Pauvre  Henri");  the  Craven  Street  letters;  and  a  num- 
ber of  letters  from  Franklin  to  the  editor.  See  No.  321. 

/77J.  Preface  to  Boston  Proceedings. 

The  /Votes  and  Proceedings  /of  the  /Freeholders  and  other 
Inhabitants  /  of  the  /  Town  of  Boston,  /  In  Town  Meeting  as- 
sembled, /  According  to  Law.  /  (Published  by  Order  of  the 
Town)/.  .  .  .  /The  whole  containing  a  particular  Enum- 
eration of  those  /  Grievances  that  have  given  Rise  to  the 
present  alarming  /  Discontents  in  America.  /  Boston, 
Printed:  /  London,  Reprinted  and  sold  by  J.  Wilkie.  /  .  .  . 
/  MDCCLXXIII. 

8vo.     pp.  (4),  viii,  43.  316 

***  The  "Preface  of  the  English  Editor"  is  by  Franklin. 


Considerations  on  the  Walpole  Grant. 
Considerations  /  on  the  /  Agreement  /  of  the  /  Lords 
Commissioners  of  His  /  Majesty's  Treasury,  /  With  /  The 
Honourable  Thomas  Walpole  and  /  his  Associates,  for  Lands 
upon  the  River  /  Ohio,  in  North  America.  /  In  /  A  Letter 
to  a  Member  of  Parliament.  /  London,  /  MDCCLXXIV. 

8vo.  '  pp.  (4),  46.  p.  i..     317 

*%  Though  this  has  never  been  referred  to  Franklin's  pen,  I  think 
it  written  by  him;  for  it  relates  to  a  scheme  in  which  he  was  greatly 
interested,  is  signed  "A.  B."  (a  favorite  pseudonym  of  his),  and  a  copy 
in  the  library  of  Mr.  Gordon  L.  Ford,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  contains 
MSS.  corrections,  such  as  an  author  alone  would  make,  in  his  writing. 
***  "  I  discover  the  same  adverse  influence  still  at  work  on  our  land 
scheme.  When  it  will  remove  its  sphere  of  action  to  Philadelphia  is 
unsettled  —  till  then  I  can  do  little.  I  hear  a  pamphlet  on  the  Grant 
was  printed  for  him  by  Almon,  but  was  withdrawn.  Why  I  know  not, 
as  I  cannot  even  get  sight  of  a  copy."  Arthur  Lee  to  R.  H,  Lee,  Jan. 
29,  1774. 

***  From  a  comparison  of  this  evidence  it  appears  to  me  that  Mr. 
Almon  has  confused  this  pamphlet  with  No.  311,  and  that  his  "  anec- 
dote" refers  to  this  one.  It  is  of  the  greatest  rarity,  being  contained 
in  no  public  library,  mentioned  in  no  bibliography,  or  noticed  in  any 
contemporary  review,  so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  ascertain. 


318-320]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [149 

777^.  Electrical  Experiments. 

Experiments  /  and  /  Observations  /  on  /  Electricity,  / 
made  at  /  Philadelphia  in  America,  /  By  /  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, L.  L.  D.  and  F.  R.  S.  / /To  which  are  added, 

/  Letters   and   Papers    /   on   /  Philosophical  Subjects.   / 
The   Whole  corrected,   methodized,    improved,  and   now 
collected  into  /  one  Volume,  and  illustrated  with  Copper 
Plates.   /  The  Fifth  Edition.  /  London:  /  Printed  for  F. 
Newbery,  at  the   Corner   of   St.    Paul's  Church- Yard.   / 

M.DCC.LXXIV. 

4to.     pp.  (2),  vi,  514,  (16),  7  plates.  C.     318 

#**  See  Nos.  77,  93,  96  and  307. 

777^.    Oil  on  the  Waters. 

Of  the  /  Stilling  of  Waves  /  by  means  of  /  Oil:  /  Ex- 
tracted from  /  Sundry  Letters  /  between  /  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, LL.  D.  F.  R.  S.  /  William  Brownrigg,  M.  D.,  F.  R.  S. 
/  and  /  The  Reverend  Mr.  Parish.  /  Read  at  the  Royal  So- 
ciety, June  2,  1774.  /  London,  /Printed  by  W.  Bowyerand 
J.  Nichols,  /  M.DCC.LXXIV. 

4to.     pp.  18.  P.  H.  S.     319 

777^.  Notes  on  Trade. 

Principles  /  of  /  Trade.  /  Fredom  and  Protection  are  its 
best  Suport:  /  Industry,  the  only  means  to  render /Manu- 
factures cheap.  /  Of  Coins;  Exchange,  and  Bounties;  / 
particularly  the  Bounty  on  Corn  /  By  a  Well-Wisher  to  his 
King  and  Country  /  With  an  Apendix  /  Containing  Reflec- 
tions on  Gold,  Silver,  and  /  Paper  pasing  as  Mony.  /  The 
Second  Edition  corrected  and  enlarg'd.  / /  Lon- 
don, /  Printed  for  Brotherton  and  Sewall  in  Cornhill.  / 

MDCCLXXIV. 

4to.     pp.  (6),  48,  16.  c.     320 

#**  The  original  edition  was  written  by  George  Whately,  and  pub- 
lished in  1765  under  the  title  of  "  The  Laws  and  Policy  of  England, 
Relating  to  Trade,  Examined  By  the  Maxims  and  Principles  of  Trade 

in  General ; By  the  Author  of  the  Treatise  on  The  Police  of 

France,  &c.     London:   Printed  .    .    .  by  T.  Harrison MDCC- 

LXV."     In  this  second  edition,  much  is  added  in  the  form  of  notes; 
many  of  which  were  contributed  by  Franklin. 


320-323]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [151 

#**  "It  was  originally  published  in  1774,  and  is  the  joint  work  of 
George  Whately  and  Dr.  Franklin.  The  original  work  was  indeed 
written  by  the  former,  and  communicated  to  the  latter.  The  correc- 
tions and  additions,  which  were  made  by  Dr.  Franklin,  produced  an 
amicable  controversy  between  them,  who  had  the  best  claim  to  call 
himself  the  author  of  it,  which  closed  by  a  determination  to  publish  it 
without  any  name."  Franklin's  Memoirs  of  Franklin. 

***  The  above  is  plainly  a  misstatement,  for  Franklin  and  Whately 
both  treat  it  as  Whately's  in  their  correspondence.  In  Vaughan's  edi- 
tion of  the  Writings  of  Franklin,  the  notes  which  were  believed  to 
have  been  written  by  Franklin  are  reprinted,  probably  correctly,  for 
Franklin  makes  no  correction  for  the  ' '  Errata ' '  of  that  edition. 

***  "By  good  luck  I  find  I  have  kept  your  original  notes  on  "The 
Principles  of  Trade,"  those  we  agreed  in,  those  I  added,  and  those  I 
dissented  from,  and  were  not  published;  moreover  some  other  ideas 
you  favored  me  with."  Whately  to  Franklin,  Nov.  1784. 

#**  This  edition  makes  many  changes  in  the  spelling  of  words,  a 
specimen  of  which  is  given  in  the  title,  which  were  probably  sug- 
gested by  Franklin,  and  are  severely  handled  in  the  Monthly  Review. 

#*#  See  Monthly  Review,  L,  490;  Critical  Review,  xxxvn,  387,  and 
Sparks'  edition  of  Franklin's  Writings,  x,  132,  147. 

1774.    Writings. 

Scelta  di  Lettere  /  E  /  di  Opuscoli  /  del  /  Signor  Beniano  / 
Franklin  /  Tradotti  /  dall'  Inglese/  ....,/  In  Milaiio: 
MDCCLXXIV.  /  Nella  Staraperia  di  Guiseppe  Marelli.  / 

8vo.     pp.  99.  P.  H.  S.     321 

#**  An  abridgment  of  Dubourg's  edition,  made  by  Carlo  Guiseppi 
Campi. 

7775.  Articles  of  Confederation. 

Additions  /  to  /  Common  Sense;  /  Addressed  to  the  /  In- 
habitants of  America.  /  Philadelphia,  Printed:  /  London, 
Re-printed  for  J.  Almon,  opposite  Burlington-  /  House,  in 
Piccadilly.  /  1776. 

8vo.    pp.  47,  (i).  c.    322 

**#  Contains  Franklin's  "Proposals  for  a  Confederation  of  the  United 
Colonies,"  originally  printed  in  the  Pennsylvania  Evening  Post,  April, 
1776.  This  is  not  in  the  American  editions  of  Additions  to  Common 
Sense.  See  Worthington  C.  Ford's  letter  in  The  Nation,  March  28,  1889. 

7775.  Directions  to  Postmasters. 

Directions  to  the  Deputy  Post-Masters,  for  keeping  their 


323-326]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [153 

accounts [signed]  Benjamin    Franklin.     [Phila- 
delphia: n.  d.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  p.  H.  s.     323 

7775.  Rates  of  Postage. 

Tables  of  the  Port  of  all  Single  Letters  carried  by  Post 
in  the  Northern  District  of  North  America,  /  As  Established 
by  /  Congress,  /  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sev- 
enty-five / /  [signed]  B.  Franklin,  /  Post  Master 

General.   [Philadelphia:  [n.  d.]] 

Folio.     Broadside.  S.  D.     324 

1776.  Fictitious  Ledger  of  Post  Office. 

The  Ledger  /  of  Doctor  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  ,  .  .  / 
B.  Franklin  /  Postmaster  General,  1776  /  A  Facsimile  of 
the  Original  Manuscript  /  Now  on  file  on  the  Records  of  the 
/  Post  Office  Department  /  of  the  /  United  States.  /  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  /  1865.  /  Lith.  in  Fac-simile  by  Chas.  Hart, 
99  Fulton  St.  New  York. 

Folio.     60 11.  c.     325 

***  The  ledger  is  really  that  of  Richard  Bache.  See  The  Critic  N.  S. 
in,  159,  and  Washington  Star,  March  18,  1885. 

***  The  title  page  of  the  copy  in  the  Boston  Public  Library  reads 
"  /  now  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  /  Auditor  of  the  Treasury  for  the  / 
Post  Office  Department  /  " 
1776.  Affaires  de  V  Angleterre.     Paris:  1776-1779. 

Affaires  /  de  1'Angleterre  /  et  de  1'Amerique.    /  N°-  ien 
/AAnvers.   [Paris:]  M.DCC.LXXVI. 

15  vols.  in  17.     8vo.  M.,  s.  D.     326 

*%  Barbier  states  that  this  rare  periodical  was  edited  by  Franklin, 
Antoine  Court  de  Gobelin,  Jean  Babtiste  Ren6  Robinet  and  others. 
Though  I  can  find  nothing  to  verify  this  statement,  the  internal  evi- 
dence shows  that  some  one  who  received  private  information  from 
America,  was  either  editing  or  assisting  the  editors  with  private  letters; 
and  it  deserves  a  place  in  this  list  merely  for  the  writings  it  contains  of 
Franklin's,  which  are  as  follows: 

"  Extrait  d'un  discours  prononc6  par  le  docteur  Franklin  en  1'hon- 
neur  du  Major-General  Warren."  II,  26. 

Letters  to  and  from  Lord  Howe.  rv,  cxxxyj. 

"  Edit  du  Roi  de  Prusse. "  iv,  cxliv. 

' '  Comparaison  des  treize  Etats-unis  de  1' Amerique  avec  la  Grande- 
Bretagne,  sur  les  facultes  &  le  credit."  vi,  cxliij. 


326-328]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN.  [155 

"Memoire  sur  1'origine  de  la  querelle  AmSricaine  &  sur  l'6tat  des 
affaires  en  Amerique  jusqu'en  Mars  1777."  viz,  i. 

Examination  in  Parliament.  vn,  ccxj. 

"Observations  sur  1'origine  de  la  guerre  civile  des  Colonies  Ameri- 
caines."  vn,  cccxxij. 

Correspondence  on  America  with  Strahan.  vn,  cccxxvj. 

"Raisons  pour  ne  point  taxer  les  Colonies."  vn,  cccxl. 

Means  for  reducing  a  great  empire.  IX,  Ixxxviij. 

***  A  full  collation  is  contained  in  The  Pa.  Mag.  of  History  and 
Biography,  July,  1889. 

7777.  American  Credit. 

The  following  Paper  is  supposed  to  have  been  /  written 
by  a  celebrated  American  Philo-  /  sopher  (Doctor  Benjamin 
Franklin)  at  /  Paris;  for  the  Purpose  of  borrowing  Money  / 
for  the  Use  of  the  United  States  of  Ame-  /  rica:  /  and  it  has 
had  a  wonderful  Effect;  /  large  sums  having  been  lent,  in 
consequence  of  the  sound  and  irrefutable  Facts  and  Argu- 
ments /  contained  in  it.  It  has  been  translated  into  the 
French  and  Dutch  Languages  and  printed ;  /  and  it  is  now 
circulating  in  Holland,  Flanders,  /  &c.  [London:  1777.] 

8vo.    pp.  8.  c.    327 

#* #  Swift  gives  a  title  of  Comparison  of  Great  Britain  and  the 
United  States  in  regard  to  the  basis  of  credit  in  the  two  countries  1777, 
which  I  presume  is  taken  from  Sparks'  list.  I  do  not  think  it  was  ever 
issued  in  pamphlet  with  that  title.  It  is  also  printed  in  Almon's  Re- 
membrancer, 1777,  380,  and  in  French  in  No.  326. 

7777.  Memorial. 

Remarks  /  on  /  the  Rescript  /  of  the  Court  of  Madrid,  / 

and  on  /  the  Manifesto  /  of  the  Court   of  Versailles.   / 

/  To  which  is  added  /  an  appendix,  /  Containing 

.    .    .  /  .    .    .  /  A  Memorial  of  Dr.  Franklyn  [sic]  /  to  the 

Court  of  Versailles.  / /  London:  /  Printed  for 

T.  Cadell  in  the  Strand.  /  MDCCLXXIX. 

8vo.     pp.  (6),  91.  328 

#*#  This  Memorial  is  not  printed  in  any  edition  of  Franklin's  writ- 
ings, nor  so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  find,  in  any  other  work,  though 
the  author  of  the  "Remarks"  notes  that  "the  passages  between  the 
inverted  commas  are  left  out  by  Almon  in  his  publication  of  this  Me- 
morial." As  it' is  neither  in  Almon's  Remembrancer  nor  Almon's 
Parliamentary  Register,  and  as  neither  Sabin,  Rich,  nor  the  "monthly 


328-333]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKUN.  [157 

catalogues"  in  the  Monthly  and   Critical  reviews  mention  such  a 
pamphlet,  I  am  unable  to  find  to  what  the  above  allusion  refers. 

777*?.    The  Ephemera. 

[The  Ephemera;  an  emblem  of  Human  Life.  Passy: 
Private  press  of  Franklin.  1778.] 

o.     pp.  329 

#*#  See  Sparks'  edition  of  Franklin's  writings,  rr,  179. 
#*#  Of  the  bagatelles  printed  by  Franklin  on  the  press  which  he  set 
up  in  his  house  at  Passy,  only  one,  so  far  as  I  can  learn,  has  been  pre- 
served (No.  345),  and  so  my  authority  for  giving  such  editions  of  "The 
Ephemera,"  "The  Whistle"  (No.  330),  " The  Dialogue  between  Frank- 
lin and  the  Gout"  (No.  344),  and  "Advice  to  those  who  would  remove 
to  America"  (No.  348),  is  derived  from  the  following  statement  of  the 
editor  in  No.  135:  "  Des  quatre  pieces  qui  suivent,  les  trois  premieres 
n'etoient  point  destinees  \  etre  publiques.  ficrites  sans  aucune  pre- 
tention,  et  comme  bagatelles  de  soci6te,  elles  n'ont  etc,  dans  le  temps, 
imprim6es  qu'au  nombe  de  quinze  ou  vingt  exemplaires,  et  unique- 
ment  pour  etres  distributes  parmi  les  personnes  qui  composoient  la 
soci6t6  choisie  de  Franklin." 

7779.    The  Whistle. 

[The  Whistle.  To  Madame  Brillon.  Passy :  Private  press 
of  Franklin.  1779.] 

o.     pp.  330 

#*^.  See  Note  to  No.  329. 

/77p.    The  Whistle.     Burlington:  1792. 

The  Prompter:  To  which  has  been  added  The  Whistle. 
By  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  I  Have  Seen  and  Not  Seen. 
By  Gov.  Livingston.  Remarkable  Speech  of  Robert  Pin- 
der.  A  Vulgar  Error.  The  Bee  and  the  Drone,  &c.  Bur- 
lington, N.  J.  1792. 

I2mo.     pp.  331 

*%  Also  printed  in  Nos.  135,  153,  163,  201  and  227. 

7779.  Morals  of  Chess. 

Franklin's  Game  of  Chess,  with  Anecdotes,  [n.  p. 
1780?] 

I2mo.     pp.  332 

»%  Title  from  John  Camden  Rotten' s  Catalogue  .   .   .  of  Books  .   .   . 
relating  to  America,  Part  34. 

7779.  Morals  of  Chess.     London:  1797. 

Chess  Made  easy.  /  New  and  Comprehensive  /  Rules  / 


333~34°]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [159 

for  playing  the  /  Game  of  Chess;  / /to  which  is 

prefixed  / /  .    .    .  the  Morals  /  of  Chess,  written 

by  the  /  ingenious  and  learned  /  Dr.  Franklin.  / 

/  London:  /  Printed  by  H.  D.  Symonds,  No.  20,   Pater- 
noster Row;  / [T797-] 

Min.     pp.  72.  B.  M.     333 

/77p.  Morals  of  Chess.     London:  1799. 

Chess  made  easy to  which  is  prefixed  .... 

the  Morals  of  Chess,  written  by  the  ingenious  and  learned 
Dr.  Franklin London:  Printed  for  G.  G.  J.  and 

J.  Robinson.     1799. 

o.    pp.  334 

7775?.  Morals  of  Chess.     Philadelphia:  1802. 

Chess  made  Easy.  /  To  which  is  Prefixed  / / 

.    .    .  the  /  Morals  of  Chess,   /  Written  by  the  ingenious 

and  learned  /  Dr.  Franklin  / /  Philadelphia:  / 

Printed  and  Sold  by  James  Humphreys,  I  ...  I  1802. 

Min.     pp.  97,  (8)  plates.  p.  H.  S.     335 

7775?.  Morals  of  Chess.     London:  1809. 

An  Easy  Introduction  to  the  Game  of  Chess 

The  Morals  of  Chess  by  Dr.  Franklin.     London:  1809. 

I2mo.     pp.  B.  M.     336 

/77p.  Morals  of  Chess.     London:  1816. 

An  Easy  Introduction  to  the  Game  of  Chess 

With  the  Morals  of  Chess  by  Dr.  Franklin.    London:  1816. 

8vo.     pp.  B.  M.     337 

/77<?.  Morals  of  Chess.     London:  1820. 

An  Easy  Introduction  to  the  Game  of  Chess 

With  the  Morals  of  Chess  by  Dr.  Franklin.    London:  1820. 

I2mo.     pp.  B.  M.     338 

/77p.  Morals  of  Chess.     1821. 

II    giuoco    degli    Scacchi La   Morale    degli 

Scacchi,  di  B.  Franklin,     [n.  p.]     1821. 

8vo.     pp.  ,  B.  M.     339 

777^.  Morals  of  Chess.     Philadelphia:  1824.. 

An  /  Introduction  /  to  the  /  Game  of  Chess;  /  To  which 


340-342]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [l6l 

are  added  I  ...  I  The  Morals  of  Chess,  By  Dr.  Franklin ;  / 
Philadelphia:  /  Published  by  H.  C.  Carey  &  I.  Lea,  and 
Abraham  Small;  /  New  York:  Bliss  &  White,  and  D.  Mai- 
lory  /  Jesper  Harding,  Printer  /  1824. 

I2mo.     pp.  267,  plate.  p.     340 

///p.  Morals  of  Chess.     Boston:  184.1. 

The  Chess  Player,  /  .    .   .  /  Containing  /  Franklin's  Es- 
say on  the  Morals  of  Chess,  / /  Boston  /  Published 

by  Nath'l  Dearborn,  /  1841.  / 

lamo.     pp.  155.  B.     341 

/77?.    Works  edited  by  Vaughan. 

Political,  Miscellaneous,  /  and  /  Philosophical  Pieces;  / 
Arranged  under  the  following  Heads,  and  /  Distinguished 
by  Initial  Letters  in  each  Leaf:  /(G.  P.)  General  Politics;  / 
(A.  B.  T.)    American    Politics    before    the    Troubles;  / 
(A.  D.  T.)  American  Politics  during  the  Troubles;  /  (P.  P.) 
Provincial  or  Colony  Politics;  and  /  (M.  P.)  Miscellaneous 
or  Philosophical  Pieces;  /  Written  by  /  Benj.  Franklin, 

LL.  D.  and  F.  R.  S.  / /  Now  first  collected,  / 

With  Explanatory  Plates,  Notes,  /  And  an  Index  to  the 
Whole.  I  ...  I  London:  /  Printed  for  J.  Johnson,  No.  72, 
St.  Paul's  Church- Yard.  /  M  DCC  LXXIX. 

4to.  &8vo.  pp.  xi,  (i),  567,  (7)  Portrait,  3  plates,  folding  table.  B.,  c.  342 
**#  Edited  by  Benjamin  Vaughan,  who  for  many  years  was  an  inti- 
mate friend  and  correspondent  of  Franklin.  The  work  is  ably  per- 
formed, many  pieces  being  for  the  first  time  printed  as  Franklin's;  and 
contains  valuable  notes.  But  what  gives  a  special  value  to  this  col- 
lection is  that  it  is  the  only  edition  of  Franklin's  writings  (other  than 
his  scientific),  which  was  printed  during  his  life  time;  was  done  with 
Franklin's  knowledge  and  consent,  and  contains  an  "errata"  made  by 
him  for  it. 

***  "Before  you  open  this  collection  of  your  writings,  I  must  entreat 
you  to  hear  a  few  words  of  apology.  My  first  idea  was  to  collect  into 
one  body  the  several  writings  which  I  saw  dispersed  in  different  places, 
so  as  to  form  a  manual  to  answer  the  purposes  of  the  day.  Consist- 
ently with  this  purpose,  I  thought  I  might  add  a  few  temporary  notes. 
This  idea  lasted  through  the  first  50  pages,  and  I  was  only  checked  in 
it  by  the  sudden  appearance  of  others  of  your  pieces,  which  I  had  not 
before  known.  Then  it  was  I  saw  that  I  had  engaged  in  something 
II 


342-345]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [163 

likely  to  be  more  than  fugitive,  and  began  to  be  more  sparing  of  my 
own  impertinences  .  .  .  Upon  a  review  of  the  printed  pages,  I  had  de- 
cided to  destroy  the  whole  impression,  and  wrote  Johnson  to  this  effect; 
but  as  he  told  me  that  he  could  with  the  utmost  ease  cancel  the  excep- 
tional pages  ...  I  determined  to  let  the  whole  lie  by  me  for  some 
time."  Vaughan  to  Franklin. 

*\  Reviewed  in  Monthly  Review,  i,xn,  194.  See  also  Franklin's 
letter  to  Vaughan,  Nov.  9,  1779. 

///p.    Works  edited  by  Vaughan.     Padova:  1783. 

Opere  Politiche  /  di  /  Beniamino  Franklin,  L,L.  D.  F. 
R.  S.  /  Nouvamente  raccolte  /  e  /  dall'  Originale  Inglese  / 
recate  nella  Lingua  Italiana  /  Hominum  Rerumque  Re- 
pertor.  /  Virg.  CBu.   12.  /  In  Padova,  MDCCLXXXIII.  / 
Con  licenza  de'  Superior!  e  Privilegio. 

8vo.     pp.  viii,  287,  portrait.  B.,  p.  H.  s.     343 

1780.  Dialogue  with  the  Gout. 

[Dialogue  between  the  Gout  and  Franklin.  Passy: 
Private  press  of  Franklin.  1780.] 

o.    pp.  344 

***  See  note  to  329. 

1780.    Works. 

De3  /  £errn  D.  ^Benjamin  granf(tn'$,  I  ...  I  fammtlidje  SBerfe.  / 
2ht$  tent  SngHfcfyen  unb  granjofifcfyen  itberfe^t.  /  Stebfl  /  be$  fianjojl* 
fdjen  tleberfejjerS  /  be0  £errn  23arbe9  Dubourg,  /  3ufa(Jfn,  /  unb  mit 
einigen  SInmerfungen  tterfefyen  /  »on  /  ©.  I.  SCenjel,  /  (Srfter  33ant>,  mit 
Jlupfern.  /  Dresben,  1780.  /  3n  ber  SBaltljertfcfyen  ^ofbut^^anbding. 
3  Vols.  8vo.     pp.   (12),  502,  portrait,  5  plates — (12),  442,  9  plates — (12), 

636.  p.  H.  s.,  B.     344* 

#*#  A  union  of  Dubourg's  and  Vaughan 's  editions. 

1782.  Fictitious  Supplement. 

Volume  VII.  Number  1,095.  /  Supplement  /  To  the 
Boston  Chronicle  /  Monday,  March  13,  1782.  [Passy: 
Private  press  of  Franklin.  1782.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  C.     345 

»*#  This  is  a  skit  on  the  Great  British  Public,  being  a  close  imitation 
of  a  Boston  newspaper,  with  letter  from  Paul  Jones,  British  Advertise- 
ments for  Scalps,  and  account  of  bundles  of  Scalps  of  the  Americans 
consigned  by  the  Indians  in  British  pay  to  Agents  in  London,  all  of 
which  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Yankees  and  hence  this  exposure  in 


345~35°1  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [165 

the  newspaper.  This  "Supplement"  ...  is  believed  to  be  nnique. 
Henry  Stevens. 

*\  "Enclosed  I  send  you  a  few  copies  of  a  paper  that  places  in  a 
striking  light,  the  English  barbarities  in  America,  particularly  those 
committed  by  the  savages  at  their  instigation.  The  FORM  may  per- 
haps not  be  genuine,  but  the  substance  is  truth."  Franklin  to  Dumas. 

***  "Have  you  seen  in  the  papers  the  excellent  letter  of  Paul  Jones 
to  Sir  Joseph  York  ?  Elle  nous  dit  bien  des  vtritls.  I  doubt  poor  Sir 
Joseph  cannot  answer  them!  Dr.  Franklin  himself,  I  should  think, 
was  the  author.  It  is  certainly  from  a  first-rate  pen,  and  not  a  com- 
mon man-of-war."  Horace  Walpole. 

1782.  Fictitious  Letters. 

Two  /  letters  /  from  /  Dr.  Franklin,  /  to  the  /  Earl  ol 
Shelburne  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  /  Ixmdon:  /  Printed  for  M.  Fol- 
lingsby,  Temple-Bar;  and  J.  Debrett,  /  Piccadilly.  [1782.] 

8vo.    pp.  (4),  31.  c.     346 

*%.  Not  by  Franklin. 

1782.    Works. 

Opere  Filosofiche  di  Beniamino  Franklin.  Nuovatnente 
raccolte,  e  dall,  origine  inglese  recate  in  lingua  italiana. 

Padova.     1783. 

8vo.  B.  M.     347 

1784.  Autobiography.     See  1789. 

1^84.  Advice  to  Emigrants.     Passy:  1784. 

[Advice  to  such  as  would  remove  to  America.  Passy : 
Private  press  of  Franklin.  1784.] 

o.    pp.  348 

***  See  Note  to  No.  329.  Franklin  speaks  of  the  English  edition 
(No.  367)  as  "reprinted,"  proving  that  there  was  a  prior  edition.  See 
Monthly  Review,  i<xxi,  146. 

1784.  Advice  to  Emigrants.     Paris:  1784. 

Avis  a  ceux  qui  voudraient  s'en  aller  en  Ame'rique. 
[Translated  from  the  English  of  B.  Franklin.]  1784. 

8vo.     pp.  B.  M.     349 

**#  Title  from  British  Museum  Catalogue. 

1784.  Advice  to  Emigrants.     Hamburg:  1786. 

Bericht  fur  Diejenigen  so  sich  nach  Nordamerika  bege- 
hen  wollen:  Aus  dem  Englischen,  von  Dr.  B.  Franklin. 
Hamburg:  Herold.  1786. 

8vo.     pp.  350 


351-356]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [167 

1784..  Advice  to  Emigrants.     London:  1794. 

Information  /  to  those  /  who  would  remove  to  /  America  / 
By  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  London :/ Sold  byM.  Gurney 
.    .    .  J.  Johnson,  /  .    .    .  D.  I.  Eaton,  .    .    .  R.  /  H.  West- 
ley,  .    .    .  and  J.  Ridgeway,  .    .    ./ 1794.  /  Price  Six  Pence. 
8vo.    pp.  23,  (i).  c.    351 

1784.  Advice  to  Emigrants.     London:  1796. 

Information  [+351+]  London:  Sold  by  M.  Gurney  .    . 

.    .    .  1796. 

4to.    pp.  352 

1784.  Advice  to  Emigrants.     [n.  p. ,  //p-.?] 

Auszug  /  de  /  Anmerkungen  /  zum  /  Unterricht  verjeni- 
gen  Europaer,  /  die  sich  in  Amerika  niederzulassen  geson- 
nen  sind,  /  dem  lektlich  verstorbenen  ber  uhmten  /  Dr. 
Franklin.  /  [n.  p.  n.  d.] 

I2mo.     pp.  8.  C.     353 

#%  Also  printed  in  Nos.  122,  135,  and  367-372. 

1784.  Exposure  of  Mesmerism.     Paris:  1784. 

Expose"  /  des  Experiences  /  qui  out  e^e*  faites  pour  1'Ex- 
amen  /  du  Magne"tisme  Animal.  /  Lu  a  1' Academic  de 
Sciences,  par  M.  Bailly,  /  en  son  nom  &  au  nom  du  MM. 
Franklin,  /  Le  Roy,  De  Borg  &  Lavoisier,  /  le  4  Septembre 
1784  /  Imprint  par  ordre  du  Roi.  /  A  Paris,  /  de  1'Impri- 
merie  Royale.  /  M.DCCLXXXIV. 

Folio,     pp.  15.  P.  H.  s.     354 

»**  The  official  edition,  printed  at  the  King's  private  press  in  the 
Louvre. 

Exposure  of  Mesmerism.     Paris:  1784. 

/  [*354*]  /  Imprime'  par  ordre  du  Roi,  /  Sur  la 
Copie  imprime'e  au  Louvre.  /  A  Paris,  /  Chez  Moutard, 
Imprimeur-Libraire  de  la  Reine  /  &  de  1'Academie  Royale 
des  Sciences,  Hotel  de  /  Cluni,  rue  des  Mathurins.  / 

M.DCC.LXXXIV. 

8vo.    pp.  (2),  15.  p.  H.  s.    355 

1784.  Rainfall. 

On  the  different  Quantities  of  Rain  which  /  fall,  at  dif- 
ferent Heights  over  the  same  /  Spot  of  Ground,  with  a  Let- 


356-361]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [169 

ter  from  Benja-  /  min  Franklin,  LL.  D.     By  Thomas  Per-  / 
cival,  M.  D.  &c.    Read  January  21,  1784.    [London:  1784.] 

8vo.     pp.  8.  356 

***  Reprinted  from  the  Transactions  of  the  Royal  Society. 

1784.  Report  on  Mesmerism.     Paris:  1784. 

Rapport  /  des  /  Commissaires  /  charge's  par  le  Roi,  /  de 
1'Examen  /  du  /  Magne"tisme  Animal.  /  Imprime"  par  ordre 
du  Roi.  /  A  Paris,  /  de  I'Imprimerie  Royale.  /  M.DCC.- 
LXXXIV.  Uw 

Sm.  Folio,     pp.  (2),  66.  p.  H.  s.     357 

***  Mesmer  came  to  Paris  in  1778  and  began  the  practice  of  his  pre- 
tended cure-all  with  so  much  success  that  by  1784  the  delusion  had 
reached  a  point  which  required  official  interference,  and  the  king  ap- 
pointed a  Commission  to  investigate  his  theory,  of  which  Franklin  was 
made  a  member,  and  though  prevented  by  illness  from  witnessing  the 
tests  made  by  his  fellow  commissioners,  yet  he  had  a  series  of  experi- 
ments made  at  Passy,  and  signed  the  adverse  report  they  made  to  the 
king.  The  "Report"  and  the  "Account"  (No.  354)  occasioned  a  very 
heated  pamphlet  discussion  between  Mesmer's  supporters  and  oppo- 
nents, all  of  which  relate  more  or  less  to  Franklin,  but  in  view  of  the 
slight  part  Franklin  took  in  the  whole  affair  it  has  seemed  unnecessary 
to  give  more  than  the  following  titles: 

Observations  /  sur  /  les  deux  Rapport  de  MM.  Les  Commissaires  / 
Nominees  par  son  MajestS  /  pour  1'Examen  du  Magnetisme  Animal  / 
Par  M.  D'Eslon/  A  Philadelphie ;  /  Et  se  trouve  a  Paris,  Chez  Clousier, 

.    .    .  / /  1784-     Folio.  (2).     pp.  31.  P.  H.  S.     358 

Reflexions  /  Impartiales  /  sur  /  le  Magn£tisme  Animal,  /  Faites  apres 

la  publication  du  Rapport  des  /  Commissaires,  charges  par  le  Roi  de 

1'Examen  /  de  cette  Decouverte.  /  A  Geneve,  Chez  Barthelemie  Chirot, 

...  I ...  I ...  I ...  1 1784.     8vo.    pp.  (2),  84.  P.  H.  s.    359 

1784..  Report  on  Mesmerism.     Paris:  1784. 

Rapport  /  [*357*]  /  Imprime'  par  ordre  du  Roi.  /  Sur  la 
Copie  iinprime'e  au  Louvre.  /  A  Paris,  /  Chez   Moutard, 
Imprimeur-Libraire  de  la  Reine,  &  /  de  1' Academic  Royale 
des  Sciences,   rue  des  Mathurins,    /    Hotel  de  Cluni.   / 
M.DCC.LXXXIV. 

8vO.      pp.  (2),  80.  P.  H.  S.,  B.      360 

1784.  Report  on  Mesmerism.     London:  1785. 

Report  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  and  other  /  Com- 
missioners, /  charged  by  the  /  King  of  France,  /  with  the 


361-366]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [171 

Examination  of  the  /  Animal  Magnetism,  /  as  now  prac- 
tised at  Paris.  /  Translated  from  the  French.  /  With  an  / 
Historical  Introduction.  /London:  /Printed  for  J.  Johnson, 
(No.  72)  St.  Paul's  /  Church- Yard.     1785. 

8vo.     pp.  xx,  108.  C.     361 

1784.  Report  on  Mesmerism.     Philadelphia:  1837. 

Animal  Magnetism.  /  Report  of  Dr.  Franklin  /  and 
other  Commissioners,  /  charged  by  the  King  of  France  with 
the  Examination  of  the  /  Animal  Magnetisms  as  practised 
at  Paris.  /  Translated  from  the  French.  /  With  /  an  Histor- 
ical Outline  of  the  "Science."  / /  Philadelphia: 

/  Published  by  H.  Perkins,  Chestnut  Street.  /  1837. 

8vo.    pp.  (4),  58.  362 

1784..  Report  on  Mesmerism.     Philadelphia:  1837. 

Animal  Magnetism  /  [$362*]  Second  Edition.  /  Philadel- 
phia: /  Published  by  H.  Perkins,  Chestnut  Street.  /  1837. 
8vo.    pp.  (4),  58.  p.  H.  s.    363 

1784..  Remarks  on  the  Savages.     Passy:  1784.. 

[Remarks  concerning  the  Savages  of  North  America. 
Passy:  Private  Press  of  Franklin.  1784.] 

o.    pp.  364 

#\  "The  following  Remarks,  written  by  Dr.  Franklin,  and  printed 
by  himself,  for  his  own  amusement,  at  his  own  house  at  Passy,  near 
Paris."  Advertisement  to  No.  365. 

1784..  Remarks  on  the  Savages.     Birmingham:  1784.. 

Remarks  concerning  the  Savages  of  North  America. 
Birmingham:  Printed  by  Pearson  and  Rollason.  1784. 

8vo.    pp.  C.    365 

#\  This  title  is  from  the  Monthly  Review,  i,xxi,  70,  where  it  is  fol- 
lowed by  a  critique.  The  "Advertisement"  prefixed  to  this  edition 
was  probably  by  Joseph  Priestley. 

1784.  Remarks  on  the  Savages.     Paris:  1794. 

Observations  /  sur  /  les  Sauvages  du  Nord  /  de  1'  Ame'rique. 
/  Par  Franklin.  /  [Paris:  A.  A.  Renouard.     1795.] 

121110.      pp.  28.  C.      366 

#**  See  Note  to  135. 


367-372]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  fl73 


1784.   Two  Tracts.     First  edition.     London: 

Two  Tracts:  /  Information  /  to  those  /who  would  remove 

to  /  America  /  And,  /  Remarks  /  concerning  the  /  Savages 

of  North  America/  By/  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /London: 

/  Printed   for   John   Stockdale,    opposite  /   Burlington- 

House,  /  Piccadilly.  /  MDCCLXXXIV. 

8vo.    pp.  39,  (i).  B.    367 

*%  For  the  original  editions  of  these  two  pieces,  see  Nos.  348  and 
364. 
1784.   Two  Tracts.     Second  Edition.     London:  1784. 

Two  Tracts:  /  [^367*]  By  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  The 
Second  Edition.  /  London:  /  [,,367*]  /  MDCCLXXXIV. 

8vo.    pp.  39,  (i).  c.    368 

1784.    Two  Tracts.     Third  Edition.     London:  1784. 

Two  Tracts:  /  [^367*]  /  The  Third  Edition.  /  London:  / 
[4=367*]  /  MDCCLXXXIV. 

8vo.     pp.  39,  (i).  C.     369 

1784.    Two  Tracts.     Dublin:  1784. 

Two  Tracts:  /  [$367*]  /  By  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Dub- 
lin: /  Printed  for  L.  White,  No.  86,  Dane-street,  /  MDCC- 
LXXXIV. 

8VO.      pp.  40.  A.  A.  S.      370 

1784.    Two  Tracts.     Padua:  1785. 

Observazione  /  A  Chiunque  dersideri  passare  in  /  America  ; 
/  E  Riflessioni  /  Circa  I  Salvaggi  dell'  America  settentrio- 
nale  /  Del  Dre.  Franklin  /  DalP  Originate  Inglese  regate  / 
in  Lingua  Italiano  /  Da  Pietro  Antoricutti.  /  In  Padova 
MDCCLXXV/  Per  Gio:  Antonio  Conzatti,  A.  S.  Fermo.  / 
Con  Lie.  de'  Superior!. 

i2mo.    pp.  38,  (i).  c.    371 

/7<?5.  Maritime  Observations.     Philadelphia:  1786. 

Maritime  Observations:  In  a  letter  from  Doctor  Frank- 
lin, to  Mr.  Alphonsus  Le  Roy,  member  of  several  acade- 
mies, at  Paris.  Philadelphia,  printed  by  Robert  Aitken. 
M.DCC.LXXXVI. 

4to.    pp.  293-329,  2  plates.  c.     372 


372~375l  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [l/5 

**#  Reprinted  from  the  "Transactions  of  the  American  Philosoph- 
ical Society,"  Vol.  n.     See  Monthly  Review,  :LVI,  467. 

1785.  Maritime  Observations.     Paris:  1787. 

Lettre  de  Monsieur  Benjamin  Franklin  a  Monsieur 
David  Le  Roy,  Membre  de  Plusieurs  Academies,  &c. 
Contenant  Observations  sur  la  Marine.  Paris:  1787. 

8vo.    pp.  372 

1785.  Maritime  Observations.     London:  1787. 

Hydraulic  and  Nautical  /  Observations  /  on  the  Current 
/  in  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  /  forming  an  hypothetical  Theo- 
rem /  For  Investigation.  /  With  a  Corresponding  Chart  of 
that  Ocean.  /  Addressed  to  Navigators  /  By  Governor 
Pownall,  F.  R.  s.  &  F.  s.  A.  /  To  which  are  annexed  some 
notes  /  By  Dr.  Franklin.  /  London,  /  Printed  for  Robert 
Sayer,  No.  53,  Fleet-Street  /  MDCCLXXXVII. 

4to.     pp.  17,  map.  C.     373 

***  This  only  contains   Franklin's  "Observations"   on  the  Gulf- 
stream. 
1785.  Smoky  Chimneys.     Philadelphia:  1787. 

Observations  on  the  Causes  and  Cure  of  Smoky  Chim- 
neys, By  Benjamin  Franklin.  In  a  letter  to  Dr.  Ingen- 
Housz,  Physician  to  the  Emperor,  at  Vienna.  Philadel- 
phia: 1787. 

8vo.     pp.  374 

#*#  Title  from  the  David  King  auction  catalogue.     A  reprint  from 
the  Transactions  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society. 

1785.  Smoky  Chimneys.     London:  1787. 

Observations  /  on  the  /  Causes  and  Cure  /  of  /  Smoky 
Chimneys.  /  By  his  Excellency  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  LL.  D. 

F.  R.  S.  / /  In  a  /  Letter  to  Dr.  Ingen-Housz.  / 

.  .  .  /  Illustrated  by  a  copper-plate.  /  Philadelphia, 
Printed:  /  London:  Reprinted  for  J.  Debrett,  /  Opposite/ 
Burlington-House,  in  Piccadilly;  and  J.  Sewell,  in  Corn- 
hill.  /  M.DCC.LXXXVIL 

8vo.     pp.  (4),  56,  plate.  B.     375 

1785.  Smoky  Chimneys.     London:  1787. 

Observations  /  [*375*]  /  Illustrated  by  a  copper-plate  / 


376-380]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [177 

Second  Edition  /  Philadelphia,   Printed:  /   London:    Re- 
printed for  J.  Debrett.  /  [*375*]  M.DCC.LXXXVII. 

8vo.     pp.  (4),  56.  C.     376 

1785.  Smoky  Chimneys.     London:  //<?J. 

Observations  /  on  /  Smoky  Chimneys,  /  their  /  Causes 
and  Cure;  /  with  /  Considerations  on  Fuel  and  Stoves.  / 
Illustrated  with  Proper  Figures  /  By  /  Benjamin  Franklin, 
LL.  D.  /  London:  /  Printed  for  I.  and  J.  Taylor,  at  the 
Architectural  Library,  /  No.  56,  opposite  Great  Turnstile, 
Holburn.  /  M.DCC.XCIII.  /  (Price  2s.) 

8vo.     pp.  iv,  80,  2  plates.  Y.  c.     377 

Letter  on  Privateering. 

Observations  on  a  late  publication  intituled  Thoughts 
on  Executive  Justice.  To  which  is  added  A  Letter  con- 
taining Remarks  on  the  same  work  .  .  .  London:  I.  Ca- 
dell.  M.DCC.LXXXVI. 

Min.     pp.  (4),  162.  C.     378 

*\  The  Observations  were  written  by  Sir  Samuel  Romilly,  in  reply 
to  Dr.  Madan's  Thoughts  on  Executive  Justice,  and  appended  to  it  is 
Franklin's  reply  to  the  same  work,  which  is  printed  as  "A  Letter  from 

a  Gentleman  Abroad." 

/ 

77^7.  Proclamation. 

[Proclamation  of  the  President  [B.  Franklin]  and  Ex- 
ecutive Council,  offering  a  Reward  for  the  Apprehension 
ot  Daniel  Shays  and  others.  March  10,  1787.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  379 

**.„.  Title  from  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  Catalogue. 

/7<?7.    Works  edited  by  Bancroft. 

Philosophical  /  and  Miscellaneous  Papers.  /  Lately  writ- 
ten by  /  B.  Franklin,  L  L.  D.  / /  London:  / 

Printed  for  C.  Dilly,  in  the  Poultry.  /  M.DCC.LXXXVII. 

8vo.     pp.  (6),  186,  4  plates.  B.,  c.     380 

**»  This  includes  Nos.  348,  364,  372,  374,  378,  and  "The  Internal 

State  of  America."     The  volume  was  edited  by  Dr.  Edward  Bancroft, 

who  in  the  advertisement  announces  a  second  volume,  but  this  was 

never  printed. 

12 


381-382]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [179 

1789.    Court  of  the  Press  ?     Copenhagen:  1798. 

Et   Par  Ord   om   Trykkefriheden.     Ved   B.  Franklin. 
Oversat  af  Jorg.  Kierulf.     Kjobenhavn.     1798. 

o.     pp.  381 

*%  Title  from  Brunn's  Bibliotheca  Danica. 

1789.  Fictitious  Advice. 

Avis  /  Aux  Faiseurs  /  de  /  Constitutions.  /  Par  M.  Ben- 
jamin Franklin.  /  [Paris:]  1789. 

8vo.     pp.  12.  382 

***  Barbier  states  that  this  was  written  by  the  Abb6  Morellet,  but 
according  to  Morellet's  Memoirs  it  was  by  Franklin,  and  merely  trans- 
lated by  the  former.  It  was  first  printed  in  the  Federal  Gazette. 

1789.  Autobiography.     General  Note. 

»*#  The  Autobiography  of  Franklin  was  written  by  him  at  four  dif- 
ferent periods: 

I.  From  1706  to  1731  at  Twyford  in  1771. 

II.  For  1731"  at  Passy  in  1784. 

in.  From  1731  to  1757  at  Philadelphia  in  1788. 

iv.   From  1757  to  1759  a*  Philadelphia  in  1789. 

#*#  Franklin's  MS.  of  the  first  part  fell  into  the  hands  of  Abel 
James,  who  sent  to  him  a  copy  of  it,  which  Franklin  in  turn  sent  to 
Benjamin  Vaughan;  and  other  copies  of  this  part  of  the  life  were  in 
the  possession  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Mathew  Carey.  A  small  con- 
tinuation was  added  to  the  work  at  Passy  in  1784,  and  a  copy  of  this 
second  part,1  (and  probably  of  the  whole  work),  was  left  with  some  one 
in  France,  when  Franklin  returned  to  America.  In  1788,  the  third 
part  was  written,  and  two  copies  of  the  three  parts  were  made;  one  of 
which  he  sent  to  Benjamin  Vaughan  in  England,  and  the  other  to 
Louis  Le  Veillard  in  France.  In  the  next  year  he  added  the  portion 
with  which  the  work  concludes.  Thus  there  were  at  least  eight  copies, 
more  or  less  complete,  of  the  autobiography  in  MS.  when  Franklin 
died. 

#**  In  1791,  a  translation  in  French  of  the  first  part  was  printed  in 
Paris,  which  was  the  first  appearance  of  any  portion  of  the  autobiog- 
raphy in  print ;  and  a  re-translation  of  this  French  translation  has 
practically  become  the  "popular"  edition  of  the  Autobiography.  The 
second  part  was  first  printed  in  La  Decade  for  February,  1798,  and  was 
reprinted  from  that  journal  in  Castera's  edition  of  Franklin's  writings 
published  at  Paris  in  1798.  In  1818,  William  Temple  Franklin  pub- 
lished the  first  edition  as  written  by  Franklin  (which  was  also  the  first 
appearance  in  print  of  the  third  part),  from  the  MS.  copy  sent  by 
Franklin  to  Le  Veillard.  In  1828,  the  fourth  and  concluding  part  was 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [l8l 

first  printed  in  the  French  edition  of  his  writings  published  in  Paris  by 
Renouard.  The  complete  work,  as  Franklin  wrote  it,  was  not  printed 
till  Mr.  Bigelow's  edition  was  issued.  It  is  a  curious  fact  that  of  the 
four  portions  into  which  the  autobiography  was  in  a  certain  sense  di- 
vided, three  should  have  first  appeared  in  the  French  language,  from 
French  presses. 

***  As  the  Autobiography,  in  its  completest  form,  only  conies  to  the 
year  1759,  several  of  the  editors  of  the  various  editions  have  written 
continuations.  The  first  was  compiled  by  the  editor  of  the  Paris  edi- 
tion of  1791,  from  Wilmer's  "Memoirs"  of  Franklin,  and  therefore 
was  of  necessity  so  valueless  that  it  was  never  reprinted.  The  second 
was  by  the  editor  of  the  "Private  Life"  of  Franklin  as  printed  in  Lon- 
don in  1793,  and  like  the  first  has  never  been  reprinted.  The  third  was 
an  appropriation  of  that  part  of  Henry  Stuber's  biography  of  Frank- 
lin, (printed  in  the  Columbian  Magazine,  1790-91),  which  fitted  on  to 
the  autobiography,  and  was  first  printed  in  the  "Works"  of  Franklin, 
as  edited  by  Benjamin  Vaughan  and  published  at  London  in  1793 ;  and 
this  "continuation"  by  Stuber  has  been  that  used  in  most  of  the 
"popular"  editions  of  the  autobiography.  The  fourth  "continua- 
tion" was  printed  in  1815  in  a  chap-book  edition  of  Franklin's  works, 
and  was  from  the  lively  imagination  of  Mason  Locke  Weems.  The 
fifth  was  written  by  his  grandson  William  Temple  Franklin,  and 
printed  by  him  in  his  "Memoirs"  of  Franklin,  published  in  London 
in  1818.  The  sixth,  from  an  unknown  pen,  was  first  printed  in  Cham- 
bers' edition  of  Franklin's  writings  as  published  at  Edinburgh  in  1838, 
and  is  of  trifling  value,  being  compiled  almost  wholly  from  Temple 
Franklin's  "Memoirs."  The  seventh  was  written  by  Jared  Sparks  and 
was  first  published  in  his  edition  of  Franklin's  writings  in  1840.  The 
eighth  was  a  re-hash  of  Mr.  Sparks'  continuation,  from  the  pen  of  the 
Rev.  Horatio  Hastings  Weld,  and  was  added  to  the  edition  of  the  auto- 
biography published  in  New  York  in  1848.  The  ninth  is  a  skillful  dove- 
tailing of  Franklin's  own  writings,  done  by  John  Bigelow,  and  printed 
at  Philadelphia  in  1874.  The  tenth  is  a  very  brief  sketch  added  to  the 
"Riverside  Literature  Series"  edition  of  the  autobiography,  and  was 
written  by  Horace  E.  Scudder.  The  eleventh,  by  D.  H.  Montgomery, 
was  prepared  for  the  school-book  edition  of  the  autobiography  published 
at  Boston  in  1888.  Other  editors  have  added  an  occasional  note  or  a  new 
preface,  but  these  eleven  are  all  the  "continuations"  as  yet  printed. 

***  Thus  there  are  four  issues  of  the  autobiography,  differing  in 
completeness,  and  seven  differing  in  text,  which  with  the  transla- 
tions, re-translations,  and  eleven  continuations,  make  up  a  series  of 
widely  differing  books,  which  are  nevertheless  all  included  for  sim- 
plicity in  one  chronological  list.  Many  apparent  editions  of  the  auto- 
biography are  really  classed  under  "Works,"  1793.  The  following  is 


383]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [183 

a  list  of  the  first  editions  of  such  issues  of  the  autobiography  as  are 

necessary  for  the  different  texts  and  continuations: 

MSmoires  de  la  Vie Paris:  1791.  No.  383 

Private  Life London:  1793.  No.  386 

Works London:  1793.  No.  437 

Vie Paris:  An  VI  [1799.]  No.  448 

Life Baltimore:  1815.  No.  476 

Memoirs London:  1818.  No.  562 

M6moires  sur  la  Vie Paris:  1828.  No.  403 

Life Edinburgh:  1838.  No.  517 

Life Boston:  1844.  No.  407 

Autobiography New  York:  1849.  No.  413 

Autobiography Philadelphia:  1 868.  No.  423 

Life Philadelphia:  1874.  No.  424 

Autobiography Boston:  1886.  No.  430 

Life Boston:  1888.  No.  435 

**»  See  Dr.  S.  A.  Green's  Story  of  a  Famous  Book,   Mr.  Bigelow's 

preface  to  his  edition  of  the  Autobiography,  Mr.  McMaster's  Benjamin 

Franklin,  and  the  introduction  infra,  for  more  concerning  this  work. 

1789.  Autobiography  edited  by  Gibelin.     Paris:  1791. 

Me"moires  /  de  la  Vie  Privee  /  de  Benjamin  Franklin,  / 
Merits  par  lui-meme,  /  et  Adresses  a  son  fils;  /  Suivis  d'un 
Precis  historique  de  sa  Vie  /  politique,  et  de  plusieurs  Pieces, 
relatives  /  a  ce  Pere  de  la  Liberte".  /  A  Paris,  /  Chez  Buisson, 
Libraire,  rue  Haute-feuille,  no.  20.  /  1791. 

8vo.     pp.  (2)  vi,  156,  363  [for  207].  c.,  B.     383 

**#  The  first  edition  of  Franklin's  Autobiography.  Qutrard  attrib- 
utes the  translation  to  Dr.  Jacques  Gibelin.  The  portion  written  by 
Franklin  is  only  to  the  year  1731,  and  the  remainder  of  his  life  is  a 
translation  from  Wilmer's  Memoirs  of  Franklin,  with  the  most  objec- 
tionable statements  omitted. 

#*#  It  is  still  an  unsolved  question  where  Buisson  obtained  the  MS. 
from  which  this  edition  was  printed.  It  was,  to  judge  from  Buisson's 
willingness  to  prove  its  authenticity  by  showing  the  MS.,  in  Franklin's 
handwriting;  yet  we  have  Mr.  Veillard's  statement  that  his  copy  was 
not  used,  which  is  confirmed  by  the  printing  only  to  the  year  1731,  and 
this  also  is  fair  proof  that  the  copy  mentioned  in  the  preliminary  note, 
with  the  second  part,  was  not  used.  The  only  explanations  seem  to  be 
either  the  use  of  the  copy  in  the  possession  of  Abel  James,  of  Phila- 
delphia, or  the  existence  of  an  unknown  copy  in  Franklin's  autograph. 
Owing  to  William  Temple  Franklin's  delay  in  the  publication  of  the 
autobiography  in  English,  this  edition  was  twice  translated  into  that 


383-387]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN.  [185 

language,  the  first  in  No.  386,  and  the  second  in  the  "Works"  of 
Franklin  as  published  by  Benjamin  Vaughan  in  1793,  No.  437. 

1789.  Autobiography.     Berlin:  1792. 

Benjamin  Franklin's  /  Jugendjahre,  /  von  ihm  selbst  / 
fur  seinen  Sohn  beschrieben  /  und  iibersetzt  /  von  /  Gott- 
fried August  Burger.  /  Berlin,  1792.  /  Bey  Heinrich  August 

Rottman. 

i2mo.     pp.  214.  c.,  B.,  P.  H.  s.     384 

***  Contains  only  the  first  part,  without  continuation. 

1789.  Autobiography.     Stockholm:  1792. 

Benjamin  /  Franklins  /  Enskildta  Lefwerne  /  upsatt  af 
honom  sielf  och  /  staldt  til  bans  Son.  /  Hwartil  aro  bifo- 
gade  arskillige  Han-  /  delser  och  omdomen,  som  anga  denne 
store  Man.  /  Ofwersattning  /  Stockholm,  /  Tryckt  hos  An- 
ders Jac.  Nordstrom,  1792. 

8vo.     pp.  218,  (4),  portrait.  c.     385 

1789.  Autobiography.     London:  //<?J. 

The  /  Private  Life  /  of  the  late  /  Benjamin  Franklin, 
LL.  D.  /  late  Minister  Plenipotentiary  from  the  United  / 
States  of  America  to  France,  &c.,  &c.,  &c.  /  Originally 
written  by  Himself,  /  and  now  translated  from  the  French. 
/  To  which  are  added,  /  some  account  of  his  Public  Life, 
a  variety  of  /  Anecdotes  concerning  him,  by  M.M.  Bris- 
sot,  /  Condorcet,  Rochefoucault,  Le  Roy,  &c.,  &c.  /  and 
the  Eulogitim  of  M.  Fauchet,  /N Constitutional  Bishop  of 
the  Department  of  Calvados,  /  and  a  Member  of  the  Na- 
tional Convention. /.  .  ./.  .  ./.  .  . /London: /Printed 
for  J.  Parsons,  No.  21  Pater-Noster  Row.  /  1793. 

8vo.     pp,  xvi,  324.  c.     386 

**#  A  wretched  re-translation  from  the  Paris  edition  (No.  383)  with 
a  continuation  by  the  English  editor,  whose  knowledge  of  Franklin 
and  French  are  about  equal.  Though  "Grub  street"  is  apparent  in 
the  whole  volume,  it  must  nevertheless  always  be  of  interest  as  the 
first  version  of  Franklin's  autobiography  which  appeared  in  English. 
It  is  reviewed  in  the  Monthly  Review,  N.  s.  xn,  307. 

1789.  Autobiography.     New  York:  1794. 

The  /  Life  /  of/  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Written  by  him- 


387-393]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [187 

self.  /  Second  American  Edition.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  for 
Benjamin  Johnson,  /  No.  147  High-Street  /  M,DCC,XCIV. 

I2tno.     pp.  192,  (2).  C.     387 

#**  There  is  also  apparently  a  variation  of  this  edition,  pp.  197,  (3). 
It  is  Vaughan's  translation  (No.  437),  from  the  French  edition  (No. 
383),  as  are  all  the  following  English  editions,  except  as  noted.  The 
first  American  edition  is  described  under  1793,  (No.  446). 

1789.  Autobiography.     New  York:  1794. 

The  Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  Written  by  Himself. 
Third  American  Edition.  New  York:  Printed  and  sold 
by  T.  and  J.  Swords.  1/94. 

Min.     pp.  214,  portrait.  388 

#**  Title  from  Stevens'  Historical  Nuggets. 

1789.  Autobiography.     Danbury:  1795. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Written  by 
himself.  /  Fourth  American  Edition.  /  Danbury:  /  Printed 
and  sold  by  N.  Douglas.  /  M.DCC.XCV. 

Min.     pp.  207,  (4),  portrait.  389 

1789.  Autobiography.      Tubingen:  1795. 

D.  Benjamin  Franklin's  Leben.     Tubingen:  1795. 

8vo.    pp.  390 

***  Vol.  I  of  "Biographien  fur  die  Jugend."     Title  from  Sabin. 

1789.  Autobiography.     Salem:  1796. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Written  by 
himself.  /Salem:  /  Printed  for  Gushing  and  Carlton,  at  the 
/  Bible  and  Heart.  /  1796. 

I2mo.     pp.  132.  A.  A.  S.     391 

1789.  Autobiography.     Albany:  1797. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Written  by 
himself.  /  First  Albany  Edition.  /  Albany:  /  Printed  and 
sold  by  /  Barber  &  South  wick  /  Faust's  Statue  below  the 
Dutch  Church,  /  State  Street.  /  1797. 

i2mo.     pp.  177,  (3).  P.  I,.     392 

1789.   Autobiography.     Madrid:  1798. 

Vida  del  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  sacada  de  documentos 
autenticos.  Madrid:  Imprenta  de  P.  Aznar.  1798. 

8vo.     pp.  xxii,  216.  393 

***  Title  from  Swift. 


394-399]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [189 

1789.  Autobiography.      Wilmington:  //pp. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Doctor  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Written 
by  himself.  /  Fourth  American  Edition.  /  Wilmington:  / 
Printed  and  sold  by  Peter  Brynburg  /  1799. 

Min.     pp.  178,  (i).  C.     394 

//(?<?.  Autobiography.     Montpelier:  1809. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  /  written  by 
Himself.  /  Montpelier:  /  Printed  by  Samuel  Gross  /  for 

Josiah  Parks.  /  1809. 

I2mo.     pp.  202.  C.     395 

#*#  Contains  a  preface  by  the  publisher. 

1789.  Autobiography.     North  Shields:  1809. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benj.  Franklin.  /  Written  /  by  him- 
self. /  And  /  continued  /  By  Dr.  Stuber.  / /  North 

Shields:  /  Printed  by  T.  Appleby,  / /  1809. 

I2mo.     pp.  194.  p.  H.  S.     396 

*\  Contains  the  preface  prefixed  to  Vaughan's  edition.     The  date 
on  the  board  cover  is  1810. 

1789.  Autobiography.     Poughnill:  \j8i-f\ 

The  Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  LL.  D.  [Portrait.] 
Printed  and  sold  by  George  Nicholson,  Poughnill,  near 
Ludlow,  sold  in  London  by  T.  Conder,  30  Bucklersbury, 
Champante  and  Whitrow,  4  Jewry  Street,  Aldgate,  R. 
Bickerstaff,  210  Strand,  and  all  other  Booksellers.  [181-?] 

lamo.     pp.  (2),  56.  397 

***  Title  from  Stevens'  Historical  Nuggets. 

1789.  Autobiography.     Philadelphia:  1811. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  the  late  Doctor  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  / 
Written  by  Himself.  /Philadelphia:  /  Published  by  Johnson 
&  Warner,  No.  147,  /  Market  Street.  /  1811.  /  W.  M'Cul- 

loch,  Printer. 

Min.    pp.  104,  (4).  p.  H.  s.    398 

1789.  Autobiography.     New  York:  1813. 

The  /  Life  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Writ- 
ten by  Himself.  /  New  York:  /  Published  by  Evert  Duyc- 
kinck,  /  No.  102  Pearl-Street.  /  J.  C.  Totten,  Printer  / 

1813. 

Min.    pp.  104.  p.  I,.    399 


400-403]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN.  [19! 

//<?<?.  Autobiography.     Reading:  1820. 

Der  /  Weg  zum  Gliick,  /  oder  /  Leben  und  Meynungen  / 
des  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Von  ihm  selbst  geschrieben. 
/  Reading,  /  gedruckt  und  zu  haben  bey  Heinrich  B.  Gage, 
/ 1820. 

Min.     pp.  128.  C.     400 

1789.  Autobiography.     New  York:  1824. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Written  by 
Himself.  /  New- York:  /  Printed  by  Clayton  &  Van  Norden, 
/  No.  64  Pine-street  /  1824. 

Min.     pp.  (2),  90,  portrait.  B.     401 

***  The  engraved  title  is:  "The/  Life  of/  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  writ- 
ten by  himself.  /  S.  King.  /  New  York.  /  1824." 

1789.  Autobiography.     New  York:  1825. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Written  by 
himself.  /  New- York:  /  Printed  by  Hopkins  &  Morris,   / 
No.  48  Pine-street  /  1825. 

Min.     pp.  (2),  192,  portrait.  p.     402 

***  The  engraved  title  is:  "The  /  Life  of/  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  writ- 
ten by  himself.  /  D.  Mallory.  /  New- York  /  1825." 

1789.  Autobiography.     Paris:  1828. 

Me*moires  /  sur  la  Vie  /  de  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Merits 
par  lui-meme.  /  Traduction  nouvelle.  /  Tome  premier.  / 
Paris.  /  Jules  Renouard,  Libraire,  /  Rue  de  Tournon,  No. 
6.  /  MDCCCXXVIII. 

2  Vols.  Min.  pp.  viij,  346  (i),  portrait — (4),  257,  (2),  portrait.  B.,  c.     403 
*\  This  is  a  new  translation  of  the  autobiography,  made  by  A.  C. 
Renouard,  from  the  Le  Veillard  MS.     It  contains  the  fourth  part  of 
the  autobiography,  and  was  the  first  appearance  in  print  of  it. 

1789.  Autobiography.      Cincinnati:  1830. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Written  by 
himself.  /  Cincinnati:  /  Published  by  Morgan  &  Sanxay 
and  /  Robinson  &  Fairbanks  /  1830. 

Min.     pp.  (2),  192,  portrait.  403* 

**#  The  engraved  title  is  "The  /  Life  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  writ- 
ten by  Himself.  /  Robinson  and  Wright.  /  Cincinnati  /  1828." 


404-411]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [193 


1789.  Autobiography.     London: 

The  Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin,   written  by  himself. 

London:  1833. 

8vo.    pp.  B.  M.    404 

1789.  Autobiography.      Copenhagen:  1837. 

Bogtrykeren  /  Benjamin  Franklin's  /  Liv  og  Levnet  / 
Af  /  J.  W.  Marckmann  /  Ordineret  Katechtved  True  Kirche 
I  ...  I  Priis  overalt  /  Denmark  28  hestet.  /  Kjobenhavn 


Min.    pp.  iv,  159,  (5).  c.    405 

1789.  Autobiography.     Leipsic:  1839. 

Leben  /  des  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  von  /  ihm  selbst 
geschrieben.  /  Leipsic,  Verlag  von  Georg  Wigand.  [1839.] 

Min.     pp.  158.  406 

***  This  is  the  Temple  Franklin  text. 

1789.  Autobiography.     Edinburgh:  1839. 

Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin.     Edinburgh:  1839. 

o.     pp.  407 

**#  Title  from  Sabin. 

1789.  Autobiography.     Boston:  1844. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Containing  /  the 
Autobiography  with  notes,  /  and  /  A  Continuation.  /  By 
Jared  Sparks.  /  .....  /  Boston:  /  Published  by  Tappan 
and  Dement.  /  1844. 

8vo.     pp.  xv,  (5),  612,  6  plates.  409 

**#  A  separate  issue  of  Vol.  i  of  the  writings  of  Franklin  as  edited 
by  Jared  Sparks  and  published  in  1840.  It  is  the  Temple  Franklin 
text. 


.  Autobiography.     Boston:  1845. 
The  /  Life  /  [*4o8*]  /  Boston:  /  Published  by  Charles 
Tappan.  /  1845. 

8vo.    pp.  xv,  (5),  612,  6  plates.  410 

1789.  Autobiography.     Philadelphia:  1846. 

The  Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin.     Philadelphia:  1846. 

Min.     pp.  411 

*%  Title  from  Swift. 

13 


412-415]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OP   FRANKLIN.  [195 

1789.  Autobiography.     Leipzic:  184.8. 

Leben  des  Benjamin  Franklin  von  ihm  selbst  geschrie- 
ben.  Leipzig:  1848. 

Min.     pp.  B.  M.     412 

***  Vol.  ii  of  "  Geschichts-Bibliothek  fur  Volk." 

1789.   Autobiography.     New  York:  1849. 

Benjamin  Franklin:  /  his  /  Autobiography;/  with  a  Nar- 
rative of  /  his  public  life  and  services.  /  By  Rev.  H.  Hast- 
ings Weld.  /  With  numerous  designs  by  J.  G.  Chapman.  / 
New  York:  /  Harper  &  Brothers,  Publishers,  /  82  Cliff  street. 

8vo.     pp.  xvi,  (2),  549,  portrait  B.     413 

#*#  The  Temple  Franklin  text  of  the  autobiography,  with  a  contin- 
uation purporting  to  be  by  Weld,  but  which  is  really  a  re-hash  of  Mr. 
Sparks'  continuation. 

#*#  The  engraved  title  is:  "  Autobiography  /  of  /  B.  Franklin  /  New 
York:  /  Harper  and  Brothers  /  MDCCCXLIX."  There  are  copies  with 
the  imprint:  "New  York:  /  Harper  and  Brothers  /  MDCCCXLIX.  / 
London:  Sampson  Low,  169,  Fleet  Street."  and  the  work  was  originally 
issued  in  eight  parts,  with  the  following  title  on  the  covers: 

Part  I.  25  cents  /  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  His  Autobiography,  /  and  a 
narrative  of  /  His  Public  Life  and  Services  /  Splendidly  Embellished  / 
by  numerous  exquisite  Designs  /  by  Chapman  /  New  York:  /  Harper 
Brothers.  /  MDCCCXLIX. 
1789.  Autobiography.     London:  1850. 

The  /  Autobiography  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Pub- 
lished verbatim  from  the  original  Manuscript,  /  by  his 
grandson,  /  William  Temple  Franklin,  /  Edited  by  /  Jared 
Sparks,  I  ...  I  London:  /  Henry  G.  Bohn,  York  Street, 
Co  vent  Garden.  /  1850. 

i2tno.     pp.  vi,  154.  p.  I,.     414 

#*#  This  edition  does  not  contain  Sparks'  continuation.  The  title 
on  the  board  cover  is: 

Bonn's  /  Shilling  Series.  /  The  Genuine  /  Autobiography  of  /  Benja- 
min Franklin  /  Complete  /  in  /  One  Volume  /  London.  /  Henry  Bohn, 
.    .    ./i85o. 
1789.  Autobiography.     Dessau:  1854. 

The  Life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Vol.  I  /  B.  Frank- 
lin's Autobiography  /  with  an  Appendix/  Authorized  Edi- 
tion. /  Dessau:  /  Katz  Brothers  /  1854. 

2  vols.  I2mo.  pp.  x,  239,  fac  simile. — xii,  243.  415 


4I5-42  x]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [197 

***  The  half-title  is:  "Standard/American  Authors/  published  under 
the  Superintendence  /  of  /  Dr.  Karl  Elze  .  .  .  /  Vol.  ll"  and  the  title 
of  Vol.  II  is:  "The  Life  /of/  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Vol.  II.  /  A  Contin- 
uation /  To  B.  Franklin's  Autobiography.  /  By  Jared  Sparks  / .  .  .  / 
Dessau:  /  Katz  Brothers.  /  1854."  Sabin  also  mentions  this  work  with 
the  imprint.  "Leipzig.  A.  Diirr.  [185-?]" 

1789.  Autobiography.     Boston:  1856. 

The  /  Life  /  [^408*]  /  Boston:  /  Whittemore,  Niles,  and 
Hall.  /  Milwaukee:  A.  Whittemore  &  Co.  /  1856. 

8vo.     pp.  xv,  (2),  612.  B.     416 

1789.  Autobiography.     Brussels:  1856. 

Me'moires  /  de  /  Benjamin  Franklin,   /  Avec  un  Auto- 
graphe,  /  Traduits  de  1' Anglais  /  par  /  F.  Lancelot,  Avocat 
/  Tome  I.  /  Bruxelles,  /  Libraire  Poly  technique  de  Aug. 
Decq,  /  9,  rue  de  la  Madeleine.  /  1856. 

2  Vols.     lamo.    pp.  (4),  iv,  263,  facsimile.  417 

1789.  Autobiography.     Leipsic:  1859. 

Benjamin  Franklin's  Autobiography.     Im  Auszuge  und 
mit  anmerkungen  hrsg.     Leipzig:  Gerhard.   1859. 

2  Vols.     8vo.  418 

***  Title  from  Kayser.  It  contains  Sparks'  continuation,  and  is  part 
of  "  Bibliothek  der  Englischen  literatur  fur  Schule  und  Haus." 

1^89.  Autobiography.     London:  1860. 

The  /  Autobiography  /  [.,.414*]  /  London:  /  [^414^.]  /  1860. 
I2mo.    pp.  vi,  154,  covers.  B.     419 

1789.  Autobiography.     Paris:  1866. 

Me'moires  [+417+]  Paris:  Libraire  central.     1866. 

1 2 1110.       pp.  42O 

»*#  Title  from  Lorenz. 
1789.  Autobiography.     Paris:  1866. 

Me'moires  /  de  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Merits  par  lui- 
me'me  /  Traduits  de  1' Anglais,  et  annote's  /  par  /  Ijdouard 

Laboulaye.  / /  Paris  /  Libraire  de  L.  Hachette  et 

Cie.  /  .    .    .  /  1866.  /  .    .    . 

I2mo.     pp.  (4),  400.  421 

#*#  This  is  really  Vol.  I  of  a  four-volume  collection  of  the  writings 
of  Franklin.  See  under  1867. 


422-424]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [199 

1789.  Autobiography.     Paris:  1866. 

Me"moires  /  [^421*]  /  Edouard  Laboulaye  / / 

Deuxieme  Edition  /  Paris  /  [^421*].  /  1866  /  .    .    . 

I2mo.     pp.  (4),  400.  422 

1789.  Autobiography.     Philadelphia:  1868. 

Autobiography  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Edited  from 

his  Manuscript,  with  Notes  /  and  an  Introduction,  /  By  / 

John  Bigelow  / /  Philadelphia:  /  J.  B.  L/ippincott 

&  Co.  /  London:  Triibner  &  Co.  /  1868. 

Rl.  8vo.  &  Svo.     pp.  409,  portrait.  423 

**#  This  is  not  only  the  first  appearance  of  the  autobiography  from 
Franklin's  own  copy,  but  also  the  first  publication  in  English  of  the 
four  parts,  and  the  first  publication  of  the  very  important  "outline" 
autobiography.  It  is  therefore  the  first  edition  of  the  autobiography, 
and  all  references  to  that  work  in  this  volume  must  be  understood  to 
refer  to  this  edition  except  as  noted. 

**.£  Mr.  Bigelow  has  so  thoroughly  told  the  story  of  the  history  and 
recovery  of  this  original  MS.  of  Franklin,  in  the  preface  to  this  work 
and  in  Vol.  I  of  his  edition  of  Franklin's  writings,  that  nothing  is  left 
to  say.  This  edition  is  reviewed  in  The  Athenczum,  No.  2128,  August 
8,  1868;  International  Review,  n,  692;  by  Henri  Moreau  in  Revue 
Contemporaine  (Paris),  1868;  The  Nation,  July  9,  1868;  Saturday  Re- 
view (London),  1868;  Boston  Advertiser,  May  16,  1868;  National  In- 
telligencer, Aug.  29,  1868;  New  York  World,  May  21,  1868;  Spring- 
field Republican,  May  13,  1868;  New  York  Tribune,  1868;  The  New 
Englander,  1868;  and  Harper's  Magazine,  xxxvn,  274. 

/7<£p.  Autobiography.     Philadelphia:  1874. 

The  Life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  written  by  himself. 

/  Now  first  edited  from  original  manuscripts  /  and  from 

his  printed  correspondence  /  and  other  writings,  /  by  /  John 

Bigelow.  /  Vol.  I.  / /  Philadelphia:  /  J.  B.  L,ip- 

pincott  &  Co.  /  1874. 

3  vols.  8vo.     pp.  (2),  579,  portrait— (2),  549.— 542.  424 

#*^.  This  is  the  Bigelow  text  of  the  autobiography,  with  a  continua- 
tion made  up  chiefly  of  extracts  from  Franklin's  own  letters  and 
writings. 

#*#  Reviewed  in  The  Independent,  March  18,  1875;  New  York 
Tribune,  Oct.  13,  1875;  Christian  Union,  March  27,  1875;  Boston 
Traveller,  November  6,  1874,  and  by  William  Cullen  Bryant  in  the 
Evening  Post  (N.  Y.),  Oct.  13,  1874.  See  also  No.  427. 


425-429J  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [2OI 

1789.  Autobiography.     Stuttgart:  1876. 

Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Sein  Leben  /  von  ihm  selbst  be- 
schrieben  /  Mit  einer  Vorwort  /  von  /  Berthold  Auerbach  / 
und  einem  historisch-politischen  Einleitung  /  von  /  Fried- 
rich  Kapp.  /  Nebst  dem  Bildnisse  Franklin's.  /  Stuttgart.  / 
Verlag  von  Aug.  Berth.  Auerbach  /  1876. 

I2mo.     pp.  (2),  496,  portrait.  425 

1789.  Autobiography.     Stuttgart:  1877. 

Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Sein  Leben  /  [^425*]  /  Zweite 
unveranderte  Auflage.  /  Stuttgart:  [.,425*]  1877. 

I2mo.     pp.  (2),  496,  portrait.  426 

1789.  Autobiography.     Philadelphia:  1879. 

The  Life  /  [+424*]  /  by  /  John  Bigelow.  /  Second  Edition, 

revised  and  corrected.   / /  Philadelphia:  /  J.  B. 

Lippincott  &  Co.  /London:  16  Southampton  St.  Strand.  / 
1879. 

3  Vols.  8vo.     pp.  (2),  579,  portrait— (2),  549-542.  427 

**.£  Reviewed  in  the  Edinburgh  Review,  cu,  321;  London  Athe- 

n<zum,  July  19,   1879;    Lippincotf  s  Magazine,  July,    1879;    Chicago 

Tribune,  Dec.  13,  1879;  and  by  Thomas  Hughes  in  the  Contemporary 

Review  (London),  xxxv,  581. 

1789.  Autobiography.     London:  [/<?<?/.] 

Faith,   Doubt,  and  Evidence,   by  G.  B.   Cheever  .    .    . 
with  critical  illustrations  from  the  autobiography  of  Dr. 
Franklin.     London:  [1881.] 

8vo.    pp.  B.  M.    428 

1789.  Autobiography.     London  and  New  York:  1886. 

Cassell's  National  Library.  /  The  /  Autobiography  /  of 
Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Cassell  &  Company,  Limited:  /  739 
&  741  Broadway,  New  York. 

Min.     pp.  192,  covers.  B.  M.     429 

***  Contains  an  introduction  signed  H[enry]  M[orley.]     It  is  also 
issued  in  London  with  that  place  in  the  imprint.     It  is  the  Temple 
Franklin  text. 
#*5f.  The  title  on  cover  is: 

Vol  I,  No.  3.  Subscription  price  per  year,  $5.00.  Feb.  13,  1886.  / 
Autobiography  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Cassell's  /  National  /  Li- 
brary /  Edited  by  /  Professor  /  Henry  Morley  /  Ten  Cents  /  Cassell  & 


429-432]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [203 

Company  /  Limited  /  739-741  Broadway,  N.  Y.  /  Entered  at  the  Post 
Office,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  as  second-class  matter.  /  Copyright  1886,  by 
O.  M.  Dunham  .  .  . 

1789.  Autobiography.     Boston:  1886. 

The  Riverside  Literature  Series.  /  The  Autobiography 
of  Benjamin  Franklin  /  with  notes  and  a  chapter  complet- 
ing the  /  story  of  his  life  /  Part  I.  /  From  his  birth  in  1706 
to  the  publication  of  the  /  first  number  of  Poor  Richard's 
/  Almanac  in  1732  /  Hough  ton,  Mifflin  and  Company  / 
Boston:  4  Park  Street;  New  York:  n  East  Seventeenth 
Street  /  The  Riverside  Press,  Cambridge  /  1886. 

2  Vols.     lamo.     pp.  114,  covers.  —  (2),  115-238,  covers.  430 

***  Contains  an  introductory  note  and  a  short  continuation  by  Hor- 
ace E.  Scudder. 
#*#  The  title  on  the  covers  is: 

Issued  Monthly  Number  19  [20]  September,  1886  /  The  Autobiogra- 
phy /of/  Benjamin  Franklin  /  with  notes  and  a  chapter  /  completing 
the  story  /  of  his  Life  /  Part  I  /  From  his  birth  in  1706  to  the  /  publica- 
tion of  the  first  num-  /  ber  of  Poor  Richard's  Al-  /  manac  in  /  1732  / 
[Part  II  /  From  1732;  with  a  sketch  of/  Franklin's  Life  from  the  point 
/  at  which  his  autobiography  /  ends,  chiefly  drawn  from  his  letters] 
Hough  ton,  Mifflin  and  Company  /  Boston:  4  Park  Street  /  .  .  .  /  The 
Riverside  Press,  Cambridge  /  .  .  .  /  Single  Numbers  Fifteen  Cents. 
Yearly  Subscription  (9  Numbers),  $1.25. 

1789.  Autobiography.     New  York:  1886. 

The  Autobiography  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  New 
York:  /  George  Munro,  Publisher  /  17  to  27  Vandewater 
Street. 

I2mo.     pp.  155,  covers.  431 

*\  A  literary  piracy  of  No.  429.     The  title  on  cover  is: 
No.  730.     Single  Number.     Price  10  Cents  /  The  /  Seaside  Library  / 
Pocket  Edition.  /  The  Autobiography  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  17  to 
27  Vandewater  St.  /  New  York  /  George  Munro  /  Publisher  /  .   .   .  / 
Copyrighted  1886  .   .   . 


Autobiography.     London:  1887. 
The   Life  of   Benjamin    Franklin   .    .    .    .    .    London: 
Chambers.     1887. 

o.     pp.  432 

**#  Title  from  the  English  Catalogue  of  Books. 


433-437]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [205 

1789.  Autobiography.     Paris:  1887. 

Autobiographic.  Traduction  francaise  par  Kdouard 
Laboulaye.  Paris:  Hachette  et  Cie.  1887. 

Min.     pp.  (3),  156.  B.     433 

1789.  Autobiography.     Leipsic:  \_i888.] 

The  Autobiography  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  Leipzig: 
Gressner  &  Schramm  [1888.] 

Min.     pp.  192.  B.     434 

1789.  Autobiography.     Boston:  1888. 

Benjamin  Franklin;  /  His  Life  /  written  by  himself.  / 
Edited  for  school  use,  with  notes  and  a  /  continuation  of 
his  life,  /  by  /  D.  H.  Montgomery.  /  Boston:  /  Published 
by  Ginn  and  Company.  /  1888. 

i2mo.     pp.  v,  (2),  311,  4  plates.  B.    435 

***  This  is  the  Bigelow  text,  with  a  brief  continuation.  The  title 
on  the  board  cover  is:  "Classics  for  Children  /  Franklin  /  his  life  by 
himself/  Montgomery.  /  Ginn  &  Company." 

1789.  Autobiography.     Boston:  \n.  dj\ 

Old  South  Leaflets.  /  Franklin's  Boyhood,  /  From  his 
Autobiography,  [colophon]  Beacon  Press,  Thomas  Tod, 
Congregational  House,  Boston,  [n.  d.j 

I2mo.     pp.  8.  436 

I793'    Works.     London:  1793. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Doctor  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  Con- 
sisting of  /  His  Life  Written  by  Himself,  /  together  with  / 
Essays,  Humorous,  Moral,  &  Literary,  /  Chiefly  in  the 
Manner  of  /  The  Spectator.  /  In  Two  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  / 
[Vignette  portrait]  /  London:  /  Printed  for  G.  G.  J.  and  J. 
Robinson,  /  Pater-noster  Row.  /  1793. 

2  Vols.  I2mo.  pp.  ix,  (3),  317. — 6,  268.  p.  H.  s.,  C.  437 
**#  A  collection  of  the  "popular"  pieces  of  Franklin,  together 
with  a  re-translation  of  the  autobiography  from  the  French  translation 
of  Gibelin  (No.  383),  and  Stuber's  continuation.  The  editing  was  done 
by  Benjamin  Vaughan,  who  has  clearly  made  use  of  his  MS.  copy  of 
the  autobiography  in  the  re-translation.  The  work  was  prepared  for 
publication  in  1791,  but  withheld  on  account  of  Temple  Franklin's  an- 
nouncement of  an  edition  of  his  grandfather's  writings.  An  addi- 
tional volume  of  Franklin's  scientific  writings  was  also  announced, 


437~44X]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [207 

but  never  printed.     It  is  reviewed  in  the  Monthly  Review,  N.  s.  xiii, 

304- 

*\  The  first  issue  of  this  edition  contains  an  "erratum."  There  is 
a  second  issue  in  which  these  errors  were  corrected. 

#*#  Owing  to  the  non-appearance  of  Temple  Franklin's  edition,  this 
re-translation  of  the  autobiography  and  the  collection  of  essays  has 
become  the  "popular"  and  one  might  almost  say  "chap-book"  edi- 
tion of  Franklin's  "Life  and  Writings,"  and  though  some  few  changes 
have  been  made  by  the  editors  and  publishers  of  certain  issues,  the 
following  list  of  editions  are  practically  reproductions  of  this  work. 

J793-    Works.     London:  1793. 

Works  /  [*437*]  /  In  Two  Volumes  /  Second  Edition  / 
Vol.  I.  /  London:  /  [*437*]     1793. 

2  Vols.     i2mo.     pp.  ix,  (3),  317. — vi,  290.   P.  H.  S.,  C.     438 
#*#  Contains  three  essays  not  in  the  first  edition.     There  are  also 
copies  without  date  or  title. 

J793'    Works.     Dublin:  1793. 

Works  /  [*437*]  /  The  Spectator.  /  Dublin:  /  Printed  for 
W.  Wogan,  P.  Byrne,  J.  Moore,  /  and  W.  Jones.  /  1793. 

8vo.     pp.  vi,  (2),  303,  portrait.  c.     439 

/7<?J.    Works.     London:  1794. 

Works  /  [*437*]  In  Two  Volumes.  /  Third  Edition.  / 
Vol.  I  /  London:  /  [*437*]  /  1794. 

2  Vols.     I2tno.     pp.  ix,  (3),  317. — vi,  290.  C.     440 

#\  There  are  also  copies  without  date  on  title. 

I193-    Works.     New  York:  1794. 

The  /  Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  / 
Consisting  of  /  His  Life  /  Written  by  himself  /  Together 
with  /  Essays  /  Humorous,  Moral,  &  Literary,  /  chiefly  in 
the  manner  of  the  /  Spectator.  /  New- York  /  Printed  by 
Tiebout  &  Obrian  for  /  H.  Gain,  V.  Nutter,  R.  McGill, 
T.  Allen,  /  J.  Read,  E.  Duyckinck,  &  Co.  and  /  Edward 
Mitchell,  No.  9,  Maiden  Lane.  /  Engraved  by  P.  R.  Mav- 
erick, 65  Liberty  Street. 

Min.     pp.  174,  3-139,  (3),  portrait.  C.     441 

.H.**  A  reprint  of  the  first  London  edition.     Though  paged  for  two 

volumes,  there  is  no  title  to  the  second  part,  and  they  were  always 

bound  together. 


442-446]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [209 


1793.    Works.     New  York: 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  Consist- 
ing of  /  His  Life,  Written  by  Himself,  /  together  with  / 
Essays,  Humourous,  Moral  &  Literary  ;  /  chiefly  in  the  man- 
ner of  /  The  Spectator.  /  In  Two  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  /  New- 
York:  /  Printed  by  Samuel  Campbell,  /  No.  37,  Hanover- 
Square.  /  M,DCC,XCIV. 

2  Vols.     I2mo.     pp.  206,  portrait  —  142.  442 

1793.    Works.     New  York:  1794. 

Works  /  [*442*]  /  Vol.  I.  /  The  Second  American  Edi- 
tion. /  Printed  by  /  Samuel  Campbell,  Bookseller,  /  No. 
124,  Pearl  Street,  New-  York.  /  1794. 

2  Vols.     I2mo.     pp.  206,  portrait.  —  142.  443 

*793'    Works.      Weimar:  1794. 

^Benjamin  granHins  /  ^Ictne  @d)riften  /  metfl  in  t>er  /  banter  ties  3u* 
fcfyaucr^,  /  nebfl  feinem  Seben.  /  2lu$  kern  cngtifdjen  /  con  /  ©.  @d)afc  / 
Sttit  granflins  fcoppeltem  23iUmt§e.  /  (Srjicr  £$eil.  /  SBeimar,  /  3m 
SBerlage  be$  SntuftreUSomptoirS.  /  1794. 

2  Vols.     1  21110.     pp.  444 

I793'    Works.     London:  1796. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Doctor  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Con- 
sisting of  /  His  L,ife  written  by  himself  ;  /  Together  with  / 
Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,   &  Literary,  /  Chiefly  in  the 
manner  of  /  the  Spectator  /  In  Two  volumes  /  Vol.  I.  / 
London,  /  Printed  for  C.  Dilly,  near  the  Mansion-house  / 

M,DCC,XCVI. 

2  Vols.     I2mo.    pp.  (2),  232,  (4),  227.         p.  H.  s.    445 

/7pj.    Works.     Dundee:  1796. 

The  Works  of  the  late  Dr.  Franklin,  consisting  of  his 
Life  written  by  himself  :  together  with  Essays,  humorous, 
moral  and  literary,  chiefly  in  the  Manner  of  the  Spectator. 
In  Two  Volumes.  Vol.  I.  Dundee,  Printed  by  G.  Miller. 
1796. 

2  VolS.       1  21110.       pp.  B.  M.       446 

14 


447~45°]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [2  1  1 

/7pj.    Works.     New  York:  1797. 

The  /  Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  /  con- 
sisting of  /  his  Life  /  written  by  himself  /  together  with  / 
Essays  /  Humourous,  Moral  and  Literary;  /  Chiefly  in  the 
manner  of  the  /  Spectator.  /  New-  York:  /  Printed  for  Phillip 
Arnold.  /  1797. 

izmo.     pp.  182,  104,  (2),  portrait.  447 

/7pj.    Works.     Paris:  1798. 

Vie  /  de  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  EJcrite  par  lui-me'me,  / 
suivie  /  de  ses  CEuvres  /  Morales,  Politiques  /  et  Litte"raires,  / 
Dont  la  plus  grande  partie  n'avoit  pas  encore  6t6  publie"e. 
/  Traduit  de  1'  Anglais,  Avec  des  Notes,  /  Par  J.  Caste"ra.  / 
.    .    .   /   Tome  Premier.  /  A  Paris,    /   Chez  F.  Buisson, 
Imp.  -Lib.  rue  Hautefeuille,  No.  20.  /  An  VI  de  la  Repub- 
lique. 

2  Vols.  8vo.  pp.  (4)  viij,  382,  portrait.  —  (4),  438.  c.  448 
***  The  autobiography  is  a  translation  from  the  English  re-transla- 
tion of  the  French  translation  of  Gibelin  (No.  383),  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  portion  for  1731,  which  is  reprinted  from  La  Decade,  and  is 
first  added  to  the  heretofore  published  portion  of  the  autobiography  in 
this  edition. 


Works.      Charlestown:     1798. 
The  /  Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  B.  Franklin.  /  Consisting 
of  his  /  Life,  /  written  by  himself.  /  Together  with  /  Essays 
/  Humorous,  Moral  and  Literary,  /  chiefly  in  the  manner 
of  the  /  Spectator.  /  Charlestown:  /  Printed  by  John  Lam- 
son,  /  for  the  principal  booksellers  /  in  Boston,  /  1798.  , 

lamo.     pp.  300,  portrait  A.  A.  s.     449 

1793.    Works.     Gronigen:  1798. 

Het  Leven  /  van  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  door  hem  zelven 
beschreven.  /  Benevers  /  Deszelfs  Zede-,    Stat-,  /  Letter- 
kundige  /  en  /  Geestige  Schriften.  /  Uit  het  Engelsch.  / 
,  .    .    .  /  Eerste  Deel.  /  Te  Gronigen,  /  Bij  W.  Zuidama  / 
1798  [-1800]. 

2  Vols.     8vo.     pp.  xi,  (i),  258,  (2).—  (8),  432.  C.     450 


451-455]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [213 


J793'    Works.     Fairhaven: 

Works  of  the  late  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  consisting  of 
his  life,  written  by  himself,  together  with  Essays,  Humor- 
ous, Moral  &  Literary;  chiefly  in  the  manner  of  the  Spec- 
tator. Fairhaven,  Vt.  :  J.  Lyon.  1798. 

i2mo.    pp.  254.  451 

/7PJ.    Works.     New  London:  1798. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Doctor  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  written  by 
himself:  /  Together  with  /  Essays,  /  humorous,  moral,  and 
literary,  I  ...  I  The  Seventh  American  Edition.  /  New- 
London:  /  Printed  for  Charles  Holt.  /  1798. 

121110.     pp.  200,  (4),  portrait.  p.  H.  s.    452 

/7<5j.    Works.     New  York:  1^98. 

The  /  Works  /  of  the  Late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  / 
Consisting  of/  his  Life,  /  written  by  himself:  /  together  with 
/  Essays,  /  humorous,  moral,  and  literary;  /  chiefly  in  the 
manner  of  the  /  Spectator.  /  New-  York:  /  Printed  by  John 
Tiebout,  No.  358  /  Pearl-Street.  /  1798. 

Min.    pp.  174,  139  (3),  portrait          B.,  p.  H.  S.     453 

1793.    Works.     London:  //pp. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Doctor  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Con- 
sisting of  /  his  Life  written  by  himself  ;  /  together  with  / 
Essays  /  humorous,  moral,  and  literary,  /  chiefly  in  the 
manner  of  /  The  Spectator.  /  In  Two  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  / 
London:  /  Printed  for  A.  Millar,  Strand  /  1799. 

2  Vols.  Min.  pp.  vi,  (2),  207,  portrait.  —  vi,  201.     p.  H.  S.     454 

1793.    Works.     Dundee:  1800. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Doctor  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Con- 
sisting of  /  his  life  written  by  himself;  /  Together  with  / 
Essays,  /  Humourous,  Moral  and  Literary,  /  chiefly  in  the 
manner  of  /  The  Spectator.  /  In  Two  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  / 
Dundee:  /  Printed  for  J.  Chalmers,  for  W.  Chalmers  .    .    . 
/  .....  /  1800. 

2  Vols.     Min.    pp.  ix,  (i),  201.  —  (6),  194.        P.  H.  S.     455 


45^-459]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [315 

1793.    Works.     Huntingdon:  1800. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  Consisting 
of  /  his  Life  written  by  Himself,  /  Together  with  /  Essays, 
Humourous,  Moral  and  /  Literary.  /  Chiefly  in  the  Manner 
of  /  the  Spectator  /  In  Two  Volumes  /  Volume  I.  /  Hunting- 
don: /  Printed  for  the  Proprietor  /  M.DCCC. 

2  Vols.     lamo.     pp.  156. — 119.  p.  H.  s.    456 

J793>    Works.     Philadelphia:  1801. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  consist- 
ing of  his  /  Life,  /  written  by  himself.  /  Together  with  / 
Essays  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary  /  Chiefly  in  the 
manner  of  the  /  Spectator.  /  To  which  is  added,  not  in  any 
other  Edition,  /  An  Examination,  before  the  British  House 
of  /  Lords,  respecting  the  /  Stamp- Act.  /  Two  Volumes  in 
one.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Published  by  Wm.  W. 
Woodward,  /  No.  17,  Chestnut  Street.  /  1801. 

I2mo.     321,  (n),  portrait.  P.  H.  s.,  C.     457 

1793.    Works.      Weimar:  1802. 

S3.  granttin'i?  /  tffeine  <5d)riften  /  mcijl  in  ber  banter  be$  3«f$au- 
era,  /  nebft  fetnem  Seben.  /  2lu«  bent  ©nglifcfyen  /  son  /  ©.  <5d)a£.  /  @r» 
fler  £$etl  /  mit  granflin'S  23tfbni§e:  /  Broepte  2litflage  /  SCetmar  /  im 
SSerlag  be$  2anbe^-3nt)ufirte«SonH)totrS,  1802. 

2  Vols.     8vo.     pp.  xii,  188,  portrait. — (2)  228.  C.     458 

*793-    Works.     Dublin:  1802. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Doctor  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  Con- 
sisting of  /  his  Life,  written  by  Himself,  /  together  with  / 
Essays,  humorous,  moral  /  and  literary,   /  chiefly  in  the 
manner  of/  the  Spectator.  /  Dublin:  /  Printed  by  P.  Wogan, 
23,  old  Bridge.  /  1802. 

i2mo.     pp.  viii,  316.  B.  M.     459 

T793"    Works.     London:  1802. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  Consist- 
ing of  /  his  Life  written  by  himself ;  /  together  with  /  Es- 
says, /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary,  /  chiefly  in  the 
manner  of  /  The  Spectator.  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  / 


460-466]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [217 

In  two  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  /  London:  /  Printed  by  J.  Cun- 
dee,  ivy-lane,  /  for  J.  Jones,  Paternoster-Row.  /  1802. 

2  Vols.  iamo.  pp.  vii,  (i),  182,  portrait — (4),  188.          C.     460 
***  The  imprint  of  a  variation  of  this  edition  is  as  follows:  "Lon- 
don: /  Printed  by  J.  Cundee,  Ivy  lane,  /  for  M.  Jones,  Paternoster  Row; 
/  And  sold  by  /  J.  Hatchard,  Bookseller  to  her  Majesty,  Piccadilly.  / 
1802.  P.  H.  S.     461 

1793.    Works.     Edinburgh:  1803. 

Works  /  of  the  Late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  consist- 
ing of  /  his  Life;  /  together  with  /  Essays,  /humorous, 
moral,  and  literary.  /  Vol.  I.  /  Edinburgh:  /  Printed  by  D. 
Shaw  &  Sons,  Lawnmarket;  /  and  sold  by  the  Booksellers. 
1803. 

2  Vols.     Min.     pp.  x,  199. — ix,  196.  C.     462 

2  Vols.    Min.    pp.  viii,  199. — iv,  196.         p.  H.  s.    463 
1793.    Works.     London:  1806. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin ;  /  consist- 
ing of/  his  Life  written  by  himself;  /  together  with  /  Es- 
says /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary,  /  chiefly  in  the 

Manner  of  /  The  Spectator  / /In  Two  Volumes. 

/Vol.  I.  /  London:  /  Printed  for  Longman,  Hurst,  Rees 
and  /  Orme,  Paternoster-Row.  /  1806. 

I2mo.     pp.  vii,  (i),  206,  (2),  portrait.  —  ?  C.     464 

1793.    Works.     New  York:  1807. 

The  /  Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  / 
consisting  of  His  /  Life,  /  written  by  Himself.  /  Together 
with  /  Humourous,  Moral,  and  Literary  /  Essays,  /  chiefly 
in  the  Manner  of  the  /  Spectator.  /  Among  which  are  sev- 
eral not  inserted  in  any  Ameri-  /  can  edition,  /  New- York:  / 
Published  by  E.  Duyckinck.  /  1807.  /  J.  C.  Totten,  printer. 

I2mo.     pp.  295,  (3),  portrait.  P.  I,.     465 

I793-    Works.     Edinburgh:  1809. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  consisting 
of  /  his  Life,  /  written  by  himself;  /  together  with  /  Essays, 
Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary.  /  Vol.  I.  /  Edinburgh:  / 
Printed  by,D.  Shaw  &  Son;  /  and  Sold  by  the  Booksellers. 

/  1809. 

2  Vols.     I2mo.     (4),  203,  iv,  186.  p.  H.  s.    466 


467-47*]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [319 

Z793-    Works.     London:  1809. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  I/ondon.  / 

Published  by  W.   Suttaby:  / /  1809  /  C.  &  R. 

Baldwin,  Printers. 

Min.    pp.  (2),  xvi,  454,  io,Uplate.  B.    467 

***  Contains  an  introduction  signed  "G.  D."     It  is  one  of  "  Sutta- 
by 's  Miniature  Library." 

1794.    Works.     Easton:  1810. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Consist- 
ing of  /  Memoirs  of  his  Early  life,  /  written  by  himself;  / 
together  with  a  collection  of  his  /  Essays  /  humorous, 
moral  and  literary,  /  chiefly  in  the  manner  of  /  The  Spec- 
tator. 1  A  new  edition  revised  and  enlarged.  /  Easton:  / 
Published  by  Henry  W.  Gibbs.  /  James  St.  John,  Printer. 

/  1810. 

i2mo.    pp.  274.  p.  H.  S.    468 

***  With  a  preliminary  note  by  the  publisher. 

1793.    Works.     Edinburgh:  1812. 

The  /  Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  In 
two  Volumes;  /  Consisting  of  /  his  life  and  essays  /  with 
various  pieces  /  which  have  never  appeared  in  any  Edition 
of  this  size.  /  Vol.  I.  /  Edinburgh:  /  Published  by  Oliver 
&  Boyd,  Caledonia  Press,  /  Netherbow.  /  1812. 

2  Vols.    I2mo.    pp.  204,  portrait. — 228,  front.     P.  H.  S.    469 
*793-    Works.     Philadelphia:  1812. 

The  /  Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  / 
consisting  of  his  /  Life,   /  written  by  himself.  /  Together 
with  /  humorous,  moral,  and  literary  /  Essays  /  chiefly  in 
the  manner  of  the  Spectator.  /  Among  which  are  several 
not  inserted  in  any  American  /  Edition.  /  Philadelphia:  / 
Printed  by  Edward  Parke,  /  No.  178,  Market  Street.  / 
1812  /  William  Brown,  Printer. 

I2mo.     pp.  301,  portrait.  C.     470 

#*#  Also  issued  with  the  imprint  of  "Philadelphia:  /  Published  by 

David  Abbott.  /  1812  /  William  Brown,  Printer."  P.  H.  s.     471 

Works.     Philadelphia:  1812. 
The  /  Life  and  Essays  /  of  /  the  late  Doctor  /  Benjamin 


472-477]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [231 

Franklin.  /  Written  by  Himself.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Published 
by  Johnson  and  Warner,  /  No.  147,  Market  Street,  /  And 
sold  at  their  Book  stores  in  Philadelphia  and  in  /  Richmond, 
Virginia.  /  Griggs  and  Dickinson,  Printers.  /  1812. 

Min.    pp.  324.  p.  H.  s.    472 

I793-    Works.     Easton:  1812. 

Works  of  the  late  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  Consisting  of 
Memoirs  of  his  early  life,  Written  by  Himself.  Easton: 

1812. 

izmo.    pp.  473 

#*#  Title  from  the  auction  catalogue  of  W.  H.  Corner.    See  468. 

J793'    Works.     Pittsburg:  1813. 

The  Life  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  written  by  himself, 
with  his  Essays.  Pittsburg:  1813. 

121110.     pp.  474 

I793"    Works.     Edinburgh:  1814.. 

Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  consist- 
ing of  /  his  Life,  /  written  by  himself:  /  together  with  / 
Essays,  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary.  /  Vol.  I.  /  Edin- 
burgh: /  Printed  by  D.  Shaw  and  Son;  /  And  sold  by  the 
Booksellers.  /  1814. 

2  Vols.     i2mo.    pp.  (4),  203. — iv,  1 88.          p.  H.  s.    475 

*793'    Works.     Brattleborough:  1814. 

The  /  Life  and  Essays  /  of  /  the  late  Doctor  /  Benjamin 
Franklin.  /  Written  by  Himself.  /  Brattleborough :  /  Pub- 
lished by  William  Fessenden.  /  1814. 

I2I110.       pp.  322.  476 

1793.    Works.     Baltimore:  1815. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Doctor  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Written 
chiefly  by  himself;  /  with  a  Collection  /  Of  his  finest  Es- 
says, /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary.  /  A  new  edition, 
revised  and  enlarged  /  By  Mason  L.  Weems,  /  of  Lodge 
No.  50,  Dumfries.  /  Baltimore:  /  Printed  by  Ralph  W. 
Pomeroy,  &  Co.  /  No.  12,  Light  street.  /  1815. 

1 2 mo.     pp.  264.  477 

«.**  Though  this  varies  in  many  respects  from  No.  437,  it  is  never- 
theless based  on  that  collection,  so  I  have  included  the  editions  of  it 


477-482]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [223 

in  this  list.  Not  satisfied  with  Stuber's  continuation  of  the  autobiog- 
raphy, the  editor  has  added  a  new  one  "by  one  of  his  [Franklin's] 
friends,"  which  is  about  as  accurate  a  description  of  Mr.  Weems  as  his 
other  title  of  "Washington's  pastor."  Having  invented  half  a  life  of 
Franklin  in  this  work,  the  editor  printed  three  editions  and  then  from 
his  imagination  wrote  the  whole  life,  editions  of  which  are  given  in 
the  fifth  part,  and  which  should  not  be  confused  with  this  edition  of 
the  autobiography.  See  Nos.%3  and  385. 

//pj.    Works.     Boston:  1815. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  Written  by 
himself,  /  with  /  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary. 
/  Boston:  /  Published  by  I.  Thomas,  Jun.  and  J.  T.  Buck- 
ingham. /  J.  T.  Buckingham,  Printer.  /  1815. 

Min.     pp.  168,  portrait.  478 

1793.    Works.     Bungay:  \j8i$.~\ 

The  /  Life  and  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  / 
[vignette]  /  Bungay:  /  Printed  and  Published  /  by  /  Brightly 
&  Childs. 

8vo.     pp.  (2),  viii,  476,  portrait  C.     479 

#*#  The  preface  is  dated  1815. 

J793'    Works.     Philadelphia:  1815. 

The  /  Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  / 
consisting  of  his  /  Life  /  written  by  himself.  /  Together 
with  /  Humorous,  Moral  and  Literary  /  Essays,  /  Chiefly 
in  the  manner  of  the  /  Spectator.  /  Among  which  are  sev- 
eral not  in  any  American  Edition.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Pub- 
lished by  William  McCarty,  / 1815.  /A.  Griggs  &  K.  Dick- 
inson,— Printers,  Whitehall. 

I2mo.     pp.  324,  (2),  portrait.  P.  H.  s.     480 

J793'    Works.     London:  1816. 

The  /  Life  and  Essays  /  of  /  Dr.  Franklin.  /  [Vignette]  / 
London,  Published  Augst  Ist,  1816  by  T.  Kinnersley. 

8vo.     pp.  viii,  464,  portrait.  S.  D.     481 

1793.    Works.     London:  [/<?/d  ?] 

The  Works  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  consisting  of 
Essays,  humorous,  moral  and  literary;  with  his  Life  writ- 
ten by  himself.  London:  J.  F.  Dove. 

Min.     pp.  (2),  263.  482 

»**  See  No.  495- 


483-488]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN.  [225 

f79J"    Works.     Philadelphia:  1817. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Written  chiefly  by 
Himself;  /  with  a  /  Collection  of  his  best  Essays  /  Humor- 
ous, Moral,  and  Literary.  /  A  New  Edition,  /  Revised  and 
Enlarged.  /  By  Mason  L.  Weems,  /  of  Lodge  No.  50,  Dum- 
fries / /  Philadelphia:  /  Published  by  M.  Carey. 

/  1817- 

I2mo.     pp.  264,  portrait.  483 

**#  See  Nos.  476  and  485.     Reviewed  in  the  Analectic  Magazine, 
ix,  389. 

X793-    Works.     Harlem:  1817. 

Gedenkshriften  /  van  /  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  Bestaande 
in  /  Uitgelezen  Brieven.  /  Naar  het  Engelsch.  /  Te  Haar- 
lem, /  Bij  A  Loosjes  Pz.  /  MDCCCXVII. 

8vo.     pp.  viii,  338.  484 

J793"    Works.     Hagerstown:  1818. 

The  Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin, Third  Edi- 
tion. Revised  and  enlarged.  By  Mason  L.  Weems. 
Hagerstown:  1818. 

I2mo.    pp.  485 

1793.    Works.     Philadelphia:  1818. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin  I  ...  I  Philadel- 
phia: /  Published  by  B.  C.  Busby,  North  3rd  St.  /  1818. 

Min.     pp.  (2),  402,  plate.  p.     486 

Z793'    Works.     Edinburgh:  1818. 
Works Edinburgh:  Oliver  &  Boyd.     1818. 

2  Vols.     I2mo.     pp.  487 

***  Title  from  Swift.     See  No.  469. 

1793.    Works.     Glasgow:  1819. 

The  /  Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  / 
containing  /  his  life  /  with  /  Letters  illustrative  of  his  Man- 
ners and  Character,  /  and  /  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral  and 
Literary.  / /  Glasgow:  /  Printed  by  W.  Falconer, 

High-Street  /  1819. 

i2mo.     pp.  288.  488 

15 


489-493]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [227 


Works.     London:  1819. 
The  /Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;/  consisting 
of/  Essays,  /  humorous,  moral  and  literary:  /with/  his  life, 
written  by  himself.  /  London:  /  Printed  for  J.  Walker,  .    .    . 


Min.     pp.  (2),  xi,  310,  plate.  p.  H.  s.    489 

#*#  The  engraved  title  is: 

The  Works  of/  Dr.  Franklin,  /  with  his  life  /  (written  by  Himself.)  / 
.../.../  London:  /  Published  by  J.  Walker  /  and  the  other  Pro- 
prietors. /  1819. 

/7?J.    Works.     Philadelphia:  1821. 

The  /  Works  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  B.  Franklin;  /  Consisting 
of  his  /  Life,  /  written  by  himself.  /  Together  with  /  humor- 
ous, moral  and  literary  /  Essays,  /  .  .  .  Among  which  are 
several  not  inserted  in  any  American  /  Edition.  /  Philadel- 
phia: /  Printed  by  Edward  Parker,  /  No.  178  Market 
Street  /  1821. 

8vo.     pp.  294.  490 

/7£?.    Works.     Rottweil;  1822. 

Kleine  Schriften  und  Engels-Lebensweisheit  d.  alten 
Witt  Rottweil.  Herder.  1822. 

8vo.     pp.  491 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

/7pj.    Works.     Middletown:  1823. 

The  /  Life  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  writ- 
ten by  himself.  /  Together  with  a  number  of  his  /  Essays 
/  chiefly  in  the  manner  of  the  Spectator.  /  Middletown.  / 
Printed  and  published  by  Starr  &  Niles.  /  1823. 

I2IUO.       pp.  JOG.  C.       492 

1793.    Works.     Paisley:  1823. 

Works  /of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  consist- 
ing of  his  /  Life  /  written  by  himself,  /  together  with  / 
Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary  /  chiefly  in  the 
manner  of  /  The  Spectator  /  In  Two  Volumes  /  Vol.  I.  / 
Paisley:  /  Printed  by  J.  Neilson.  /  1823. 

2  Vols.     Min.     pp.  215.  —  216.  p.  H.  S.     493 


494~497l  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [339 

1793.    Works.     London:  1824.. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  consisting 
of  /  Essays,  /  Humorous,   Moral,  and  Literary  /  with  his 
life  /written  by  himself.  /  London:/  Printed  and  published 
byj.  Limburd,   /  143  Strand,  /  Near  Somerset  House.  / 
1824. 

i2mo.    pp.  (2),  109,  covers.  p.  H.  s.    494 

***  The  title  on  cover  is: 

Part  n  /  Limburd's  British  Classics:  /  Containing  /  the  Essays  /  of 
Dr.  Franklin  /  Embellished  /  With  Engravings  on  Wood.  /  London:  / 
Printed  and  Published  by  J.  Limburd  / /  1824. 

1793.    Works.     London:  1824.. 

The  Works  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  consisting  of 
Essays,  humorous,  moral  and  literary;  with  his  Life,  writ- 
ten by  himself.  London:  J.  F.  Dove,  English  Classics. 
1824. 

Min.     pp.  (2),  viii,  288,  portrait.  C.     495 

»**  See  No.  482.  Nos.  511,  521,  530,  531,  536  and  542  are  appar- 
ently from  the  same  plates. 

J793-    Works.     London:  1824.. 

The  /  Works  /  of/  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary  /  with  /  his 
life,  written  by  himself.  /  London:  /  W.  Baynes  and  Son, 
Paternoster  Row;  .  .  .  / /  1824. 

I2mo.     pp.  (2),  260.  p.  H.  s.     466 

*%  The  engraved  title  is: 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  with  his  life  /  .  .  .  / 
...  I ...  I ...  I  London:  /  For  the  Proprietors  of  the  English 
Classics. 

1793.    Works.     Chiswick:  1824.. 

The  /  Works  /  of/  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary :  /  With  /  his 
Life,  written  by  himself.  /  Chiswick:  /  From  the  Press  of 
C.  Whittingham,  /  College  House.  / /  1824. 

Min.     pp.  (2),  viii,  295.  C.     497 

*%  The  engraved  title  is: 

The  Works  of/  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Chiswick.  /  Printed  by  C. 
Whittingham  /  for  Thomas  Tegg  .../.../  March,  1824. 


498-504]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [231 

1793.   Works.     New  York:  1825. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  consisting 
of  /  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary  /  with  /  His 
Life,  /  written  by  himself.  /  New- York :  /  Printed  and  pub- 
lished by  W.  Van  Norden.  /  No.  393  Water  Street.  /  1825. 

Min.     pp.  290,  portrait.  498 

#\  This  edition  was  issued  with,  three  different  engraved  titles,  as 
follows: 

The  Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  written  by  himself.  /  G.  G.  Sickles. 
/  New- York.  /  1829.  p.  I,.  499 

The  /  Life  of/  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Written  by  Himself.  /  D.  Mai- 
lory.  /  New- York.  /  1825.  S.  D.  500 

The  /  Life  and  Essays  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Written  by  himself. 
/  New  York:  /  Printed  by  Johnstone  &  Van  Norden.  p.  I,.  501 

I793-   Works.     Boston:  1825. 

The  /  Works  /  of/  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  Consisting 
of/  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary:  /  with  /  His 
Life,  written  by  Himself.  /  Stereotyped  by  T.  H.  Carter  & 
Co.  /  Boston:  /  Published  by  T.  Bedlington,  /  No.  31, 
Washington-Street.  /  1825. 

lamo.    pp.  (2),  303,  portrait.  A.  A.  s.    502 

*\  The  engraved  title  is: 

Life  I  of  /  Benjn  Franklin.  /  To  which  are  added  /  Essays,  &c.  /  Bos- 
ton. /  Timothy  Bedlington.  /  1828. 

/7<?j.    Works.     London:  1826. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Consisting 

of/  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary;  /  with  /  his 

Life;  Written  by  Himself.  /  London:  /  Printed  for  T.  and 

J.  Allman,  I  ...  I  John  Anderson,  Jun,  Edinburgh;  and 

/  John  Cummings,  Dublin.  /  1826. 

Min.     pp.  (2),  362,  portrait.  503 

*%  The  engraved  title  is: 

The  Works  of  /  Dr.  Franklin.  /  With  his  Life  /  .  .  .  /London:/ 
Printed  for  T.  and  J.  Allman,  Gt.  Queen  Street.  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields. 

J793"    Works.     Middletown:  1826. 

Life  and  Essays  of  Benjamin  Franklin Mid- 
dletown: 1826. 

1 2  mo.     pp.  504 

»**  Title  from  Swift. 


505-509]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [233 

X793'    Works.     Boston:  1828.     See  No.  502. 
1793.    Works.     New  York:  1828.     See  No.  501. 
1793.    Works.     New  York:  1829.     See  No.  4.99. 
1^93.    Works.     New  York:  1830. 

Life  and  Essays  of  Benjamin  Franklin New 

York:  1830. 

i2mo.    pp.  505 

%**  Title  from  Swift. 

1793.    Works.     New  York:  1830. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays,  /  humorous,  moral,  and  literary  /  with  /  his 
Life  /  written  by  himself.  /  New- York:  /  George  G.  Sickles, 
publisher.  /  1830. 

i8mo.     pp.  290,  portrait.  A.  A.  S.     506 

#*#  The  engraved  title  is: 

The  Life  and  Writings  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Written  by  Him- 
self. /  New  York  /  Published  by  G.  G.  Sickles.  /  1831. 

1793.    Works.     New  York:  1831.     See  No.  506. 
1793-    Works.     New  York:  1834. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays,  /  humorous,  moral,  and  literary.  /  With  /  his 
Life,  /  written  by  himself.  /  New- York.  /  Mahlon  Day,  / 
374  Pearl  Street. 

24mo.     pp.  290,  portrait.  507 

**#  The  engraved  title  is: 

The  /  I/ife  &  Writings  /of/  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Written  by  Him- 
self/ New  York  /  Published  by  Mahlon  Day,  /  374  Pearl  Street.  /  1834. 

1793.    Works.     Peekskill:  1834. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary;  /with  His 
Life,  /  written  by  Himself.  /  Peekskill,  N.  Y.  /  Printed 
and  Published  by  S.  Marks  /  1834. 

Min.     pp.  290.  508 

1793.    Works.     Exeter:  1834. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benj.  Franklin,  /  Consisting  of  / 
Essays  /  Humorous,  Moral  and  Literary:  /  with  /  his  life, 
written  by  himself.  /  Exeter:  /  J.  &  B.  Williams.  /  1834. 

Min.     pp.  256.  509 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [235 

Z793-    Works.     London:  1835. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral  and  Literary:  /  with  his 
Life  written  by  himself.  /  London:  /  Printed  for  Scott, 
Webster,  and  Geary,  (Successors  to  Mr.  Dove)  /  36  Charter- 
house Square.  /  MDCCCXXXV. 

Min.     pp.  (2),  viii,  288,  portrait.  P.  H.  S.     511 

**#  See  No.  495. 

1793.    Works.     London:  1835. 

The  /  Works  /of/  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary:  /  with  /  his 
Life  /  written  by  himself.  /  London:  /  T.  Allman,  Holborn 
hill  /  and  /  E.  Spettegue,  /  Guilford  Place,  Spa-fields.  / 
1835. 

Min.     pp.  (2),  224,  portrait.  P.  H.  S.    512 

#\  The  engraved  title  is: 

The  Works  of  /  Dr.  Franklin  /  with  his  Life  /  London  /  Published 
by  Thos.  Allman  /  .   .    .  /  1835.     See  No.  526. 

7/pj.    Works.     Exeter:  1835. 
The  /  Works  /  [^oo.*]  /  1835. 

Min.    pp.  224.  513 

/79J.    Works.     Nuremberg:  [/<?J5.?] 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Campe's 
Edition  /  Nurnberg  and  New- York  /  Printed  and  Pub- 
lished by  /  Frederick  Campe  &  Co. 

I2tno.     pp.  xii,  312.  B.  M.     514 

/7PJ.    Works.     Baltimore:  1835. 

The  /  Works  /  of/  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays,  /  humorous,  moral  and  literary:  /  with  his  / 
Life,  written  by  himself.  /  Stereotyped  by  ].  A.  James.  / 
Baltimore:  /  N.  Hickman,  Market  Street.  /  1835. 

I2mo.     pp.  304,  portrait  5T5 

#*#  There  is  also  an  issue  with  the  same  title,  lacking  the  date. 

S.  D.      516 

1793.    Works.     Halifax:  1837. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays  /  Humorous,  Moral  and  Literary,  /  with  /  His 


517-522]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [237 

Life  /  written  by  Himself.  /  Halifax:  /  Printed  for  H.  Pohl- 
man.  /  1837. 

Min.     pp.  vi,  328,  plates.  p.  H.  S.     517 

f793'    Works.     Edinburgh:  1838. 

People's  Edition  /  The  Life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin  / 
Comprising  the  account  of  the  early  part  of  his  Life,  / 
written  by  himself.   /  And  a  new  and  greatly  extended 
narrative  in  continuation  /  till  his  death.  /  The  whole  il- 
lustrated with  letters  and  /  biographical  notes  /  Also  /  The 
Miscellaneous  Writings  /  of  Franklin.  / /  Edin- 
burgh: /  Published  by  William  and  Robert  Chambers  / 

/i838. 

8vo.    pp.  (2),  86,  covers.  518 

***  See  No.  522. 

I793-    Works.     Carlsruhe:  1838. 

The  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Written  by 
himself;  /  to  which  are  added  /  Essays  /  by  the  same  author. 

/  Mit  einen  Worterbuche,  Zum  Schul  und  Privatgebrauchs. 

/  Karlsruhe  /  William  Creuzbauer.  /  1838. 

I2mo.     pp.  (2),  186,  41,  portrait.  p.  H.  S.     519 

*793'    Works.     Leipsic:  1838. 

Leben  und  ausgewahlte  Schriften.  Leipzig:  Wigand. 
1838. 

Min.     pp.  520 

***  Title  from  Swift.    See  No.  534. 

1793-    Works.     London:  1838. 

Works  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  London :  Scott,  Web- 
ster &  Geary.  1838. 

I2mo.     pp.  viii,  288,  front.  521 

/7PJ.    Works.     Edinburgh:  1839. 

People's  Edition.  /  The  Life  /  and  /  Miscellaneous  Writ- 
ings /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Greatly  extended  and  im- 
proved / /  Edinburgh:  /  Published  by  William 

and  Robert  Chambers;  / 

8vo.     pp.  (2),  86,  covers.  522 

***  The  cover  title  is: 

The  Life  / /  Edinburgh:  /  Published  by  William  and  Rob- 
ert Chambers;  /  and  W.  S.  Orr  and  Company,  London.  /  1839. 


523-526]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [239 

I793-    Works.     Exeter:  1839. 

The  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Consisting 
of  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary:  /  With  his 
Life,  /  written  by  himself.  /  Exeter:  /  Published  by  J.  and 
B.  Williams.  /  1839. 

Min.     pp.  224.  523 

***  See  No.  509. 

Z793>    Works.     New  York:  1839. 

Memoirs  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  written  by  himself 
/  with  his  /  most  interesting  Essays,  Letters,  and  Miscel- 
la-  /  neous  Writings ;  Familiar,  Moral,  Political,  /  Eco- 
nomical and  Philosophical.  /  Selected  with  care  /  from  all 
his  published  productions  and  comprising  /  whatever  is 
most  entertaining  and  valuable  /  to  the  general  reader.  /  In 
Two  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  /  New- York:  /  Harper  &  Brothers, 
82  Cliff  Street.  / 1839. 

2  Vols.     I2mo.    pp.  287. — (2),  288.  C.    524 

#*#  Also  issues  dated  1840,  1843,  1845  and  1847.     It  is  the  Temple 
Franklin  text. 

T793-    Works.     London:  184.0. 

The  /  Works  /of/  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays,  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary  /  with  /  His 
Life  /  Written  by  Himself.  /  London:  /  Published  by  the 
booksellers.  /  William  Walker,  Otley.  /  MDCCCXL. 

Min.    pp.  320,  plate.  p.  H.  s.    525 

J793'  Works.  New  York:  184.0.  See  No.  524.. 
1793.  Works.  New  York:  1843.  See  No.  524.. 
T793-  Works.  Barcelona:  184.3. 

El  libro  del  hombre  de  bien,  opuscules  morales,  econ- 
6micos  y  politicos  extractados  de  Benjamin  Franklin. 
Barcelona.  1843. 

Min.     pp.  525* 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

X793-    Works.     London:  184.3. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  Consisting 
of/  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary:  /  with  /  his 


526-530]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [241 

Life,  /  written  by  himself.  /  London:  /  T.  Allman,  Hoi- 
born  Hill.  / 1843. 

Min.     pp.  (2),  238,  (2),  portrait.  p.  H.  S.     526 

^*#  The  engraved  title  is: 

The  Works  of/  Dr.  Franklin  /with  his  Life.  /  London  /  Published  by 
T.  Allman. 

T793-    Works.     Auburn:  184.6. 

Life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  written  by  himself.  / 
Together  /  with  his  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral  and  Lit- 
erary. /  Auburn,  N.  Y.  /  Published  by  J.  C.  Derby  and 
Co.  /  Geneva:  /  Geo.  H.  Derby  and  Co.  /  H.  Oliphant,  Pr. 
/  1846. 

Min.     pp.  224.  527 

T793'    Works.     Paris:  1843. 

Me'moires  /  Complete  /  (Buvres  Morales  et  Litte*raire  / 
de  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Traduction  nouvelle  d'apr£s  la 
dernier  traduction  /  publie"e  a  New- York.  /  Paris  /  Libraire 
de  Charles  Gosselin  / /  MDCCCXLIIL 

I2tno.     pp.  (2),  338,  covers.  p.  H.  S.     527* 

***  The  title  on  cover  is: 
Biblioth£que  d' Elite  /  Memoires  / [as  above.] 

1793.    Works.     Hartford:  184.6. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin :  /  Consisting 
of/  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary:  /  with  his  / 
Life,  written  by  himself.  /  Stereotyped  by  J.  A.  James.  / 
Hartford.  /  S.  Andrus  and  Son.  /  1846. 

I2mo.     pp.  304.  528 

**#  Also  issues  dated  1848  and  1851. 

Works.     New  York:  1847.     See  No.  524.. 
Works.     Auburn:  184.8. 
Life  /  [*527*]  /  Auburn,  N.  Y.     Derby,  Miller  &  Co. 
1848. 

Min.     pp.  224.  529 

^\  Also  an  issue  dated  1853. 

f193-    Works.     New  York:  184.8. 

The  /  Works  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  Consisting 
of/  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral  &  Literary:/  with  his  Life, 
16 


53°-534]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [343 

written  by  himself.  /  New- York:  /  Leavitt,  Trow  &  Co., 
191  Broadway.  /  1848. 

izmo.     pp.  viii,  288.  530 

/79J.    Works.     Hartford;  184.8.     See  No.  528. 
*793-    Works.     London;  1850.     See  No.  532. 
1793.   Works.     Hartford;  1851.     See  No.  528. 
1793.   Works.     Halifax:  1851* 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral,  and  Literary:  /  with  /  his 
Life,  written  by  himself.  /  Halifax:  /  Printed  and  pub- 
lished by  Milner  &  Sowerby,  /  Cheapside.  /  MDCCCLJ. 

Mifl.     pp.  (2),  viii,  288,  portrait.  531 

#*»  The  engraved  title  is: 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  /  With  His  Life  /  .   .   . 
.   .  /  London:  /  Engraved  for  the  English  Classics,  /  Halifax.  /  Milner 
and  Sowerby. 

ijpj.   Works*     London;  1852. 

The  /  Life  and  Essays  /  of  /  Dr.  Franklin.  /  London:  / 
Published  by  G.  Kershaw  &  Son.  /  MDCCCLIL 

2  Vols.     Min.     pp.  (4),  11-147. — 144-  B.     532 

***  The  title  of  the  second  volume  is: 

Essays:  /  Humorous,  Moral  and  Literary.  /  By  Dr.  Franklin.  /  Lon- 
don: Published  by  J.  S.  Pratt.  /  MDCCCL. 

1793.    Works.     Leipsic;  1833. 

SBen.amin  granflin's  /  I'eben  unt>  ©ctmften.  /  55on  /  3^e<rt>or  JRup- 
redjt  /  Ceipjig  /  SBerlag  »on  Otto  SBiganb.  / 1853. 

8vo.    pp.  274,  cover.  B.     533 

***  The  title  or  cover  is.: 
93Ubuiige=£aIIe  /  im  /  @inne  unb  ©eifte  unfmr  3eit.  /  gflr  afle  ©tan&e.  / . . . 

/  gunfter  S3anb  :  /  33enjamtn  granfttn'«  Se&en  unb  ©c^riften.  /  Setpjifl  / 

SSerlag  oon  Ctto  Siganb  / 1853. 

f793*   Works.     Auburn;  1853.     See  No.  529. 
1793.      Works.     New  York:  1833. 

The  /  Work  [sic]  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  con- 
sisting of  /  Essays,  /  humorous,  moral  and  literary:  /  with 
/  his  life,  written  by  himself  /  New- York:  /  Published  by 
Leavitt  &  Allen,  /  27  Dey  street.  /  1853. 

pp.  viii,  288,  534 


535~54°]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [245 


Works.     London:  1853. 
The  /  Life  and  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  / 
.....  /  London:  /  T.  Nelson  and  Sons,  Paternoster 
Row;  /  and  Edinburgh.  /  MDCCLIIL 

Min.     pp.  (2),  viii,  324,  plate.  535 

#*#  The  engraved  title  is: 
Franklin's  /  Life  and  Works  /  .....  /  Edinburgh:  Thomas  Nelson. 

J793'    Works.     London:  1855. 

The  /  Works  /  of/  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  Consisting 
of  /  Essays  /  Humorous,  Moral  and  Literary:  /  with  /  His 
Life,  /  Written  by  Himself.  /  Halifax:  /  Milner  and  Sow- 
erby.  /  1855. 

8vo.     pp.  (2),  viii,  288,  plate.  536 

**#  See  No.  531  for  the  engraved  title.     There  are  reissues,  dated 
1861  and  1864. 

1793.    Works.     New  York:  1858. 

The  Life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Written  by  Himself 
/  to  which  is  added  /  His  Miscellaneous  Essays.   /  New- 
York:  /  C.  M.  Saxton,  25  Park  Row.  /  1858. 

lamo.    pp.  375,  portrait.  A.  A.  S.    537 

J793-    Works.     London:  1861. 

The  Life  /  and  /  Miscellaneous  Writings  /  of  /  Benjamin 
Franklin,  /  greatly  extended  and  improved.  /  .....  / 
William  and  Robert  Chambers  /  London  and  Edinburgh. 
1861. 

Min.     pp.  viii,  344,  portrait.  P.  H.  S.     538 

1793.  Works.  Halifax:  1861.  See  No.  536. 
J793>  Works.  Halifax:  1864.  See  No.  536. 
1793.  Works.  Macon:  [187-?] 

Autobiography    and    Essays    of    Benjamin    Franklin. 
Macon:  Albert.     [187-?] 

Min.     pp.  539 

***  Title  from  American  Catalogue. 
1793.    Works.     Philadelphia:  1871. 

Autobiography    and    Essays    of    Benjamin    Franklin. 
Philadelphia:  Claxton,  Remsen  &  Haffelfinger.     1871. 

Min.     pp.  54° 


541-547]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKUN.  [247 


Works.  •    Carlsruhe:  1871. 
The  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Written  by 
Himself;  /  To  which  are  added  /  Essays,  /  and  some  /  An- 
ecdotes /  of  or  by  the  same  Author.  /  Mit  einer  Worte- 
buche  /  Zum  Schul-und  Privatgebrauch.  /  Zweite  Auflage,  / 
durchgisehen,  vermehrt  und  Anmerkungen  /  von  /  Dr.  D. 
Jiingling,  I  ...  I  Carlsruhe,  William  Creuzbauer.     1871. 
i2mo.    pp.  xv,  194,  45.  541 

1793.    Works.     New  York:  1880. 

Autobiography  /  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  New  York:  / 
R.  Worthington,  750  Broadway.  /  MDCCCLXXX. 

Min.     pp.  viii,  288,  portrait.  p.     542 

1793.    Works.     New  York:  [1881.  "\ 

Autobiography  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  with  his  Es- 
says and  Will.  /  New  York:  /  The  Arundel  Print. 

I2mo.     pp.  307,  portrait  543 

1793.    Works.     Philadelphia:  1884. 

The  /  Autobiography  and  Essays  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin 
Franklin  /  Complete  in  one  volume.  /  Philadelphia  /  E. 
Claxton  &  Company.  /  930  Market  Street.  /  1884. 

121110.     pp.  231,  portrait.  544 

/7pj.    Works.     Philadelphia:  \i88-f\ 

The  /  Life  and  Essays  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  / 
Comprised  in  one  volume.  /  Philadelphia.  /  Published  by 
Leary  &  Getz  /  138  North  Second  St. 

Min.     pp.  231,  portrait  H.     545 

1793.   Works.     New  York:  [187-?] 

Autobiography  and  Essays  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  with 
letters  and  miscellaneous  writings.  New  York:  Harper 
&  Brothers. 

2  Vols.     Min.  546 

*%  Title  from  the  American  Catalogue.    Probably  a  reissue  of  No. 
524- 

1801.  Essays. 
Select  Pieces  /  by  /  Benj.  Franklin,  L.  L.  D.  /  Published 


547~55°]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [249 

Mar.  i,  1801,  by  George  Nicholson,  Poughnill,  near  Lud- 

low  /  Sold  in  London  by  T.  Conder  .    .    .  / 

Min.    pp.  59,  (i).  P.  H.  s.    547 

1805.  Essays.     London:  1805. 

A  /  Present  /  for  an  /  Apprentice;  / /  And  / 

two  Essays  /  By  Dr.    Benjamin   Franklin.   /  London:  / 
Printed  for  the  Booksellers,  /  By  W.  Turner,  Hull,  1805. 

Min.     pp.  (iv),  109,  4,  2.  p.  H.  s.     548 

1805.  Essays.     Boston:  1808. 

A  /  Monitor  /  for  an  /  Apprentice;  / /To  which 

is  added,  / /  Two  Essays  /  By  Dr.  Benj.  Frank- 
lin. /  First  American  from  the  Sixth  London  Edition.  / 

Boston :  /  Published  by  Jarrand,  Mallory  &  Co.  / 

/i8o8. 

izmo.    pp.  (4),  9-120.  B.    549 

1806.  Works  edited  by  Marshall. 

The  /  Complete  /  Works  /  in  /  Philosophy,  Politics,  and 
Morals,  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  now  first 
collected  and  arranged;  /  with  /  Memoirs  of  his  early  life, 

/  written  by  himself.  /  In  Three  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  /  Lon- 
don: /  Printed  for  J.  Johnson,  St.  Paul's  Church- Yard;  / 
and  Longman,  Hurst,  Rees,  and  Orme,  /  Paternoster-Row. 

/  1806. 

3  Vols.  8vo.  pp.  xiv,  (2),  440,  (32),  portrait,  4  plates. — (2),  vi,  468,  I 
folding  leaf,  9  plates. — (2),  vi,  552,  (6).  c.,  B.  550 

#**  The  engraved  title  is: 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  L.  L.  D.  /  Vol.  I  /  Printed,  / 
for  Longman,  Hurst,  Rees  &  Orme,  Paternoster  Row,  London. 

***  "The  editor  was  a  Mr.  Marshall.  His  name  is  not  connected 
with  the  work;  but  he  performed  his  part  with  good  judgement,  and 
used  much  diligence  in  searching  for  essays  and  papers,  that  had  not 
before  been  comprised  in  any  collection.  Mr.  Benjamin  Vaughan, 
who  was  then  in  London,  rendered  him  important  assistance."  Sparks. 

#**  The  editor,  in  his  preface,  first  gave  publicity  to  the  charge  that 
William  Temple  Franklin  had  been  bribed  by  the  English  govern- 
ment to  suppress  his  grandfather's  writings.  This  was  noticed  in  the 
Edinburgh  Review  and  in  The  American  Citizen,  and  this  latter  arti- 
cle was  reprinted  in  The  Argus  or  London  Review  in  Paris  of  March 


550-554]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OP  FRANKLIN.  [351 

28,  1807.     To  this  Temple  Franklin  wrote  a  denial,  which  appeared  in 
the  latter  periodical  for  March  31.  1807.     See  No.  561. 

#\  Reviewed  by  Lord  Francis  Jeffrey  in  the  Edinburgh  Review, 
vin,  327;  Monthly  Review,  N.  s.  LVII,  441,  and  by  James  Cheetham  in 
the  American  Citizen  for  September,  1807. 

1806.    Works.     London:  [/<?//.] 

The  /  Complete  /  Works  /  [*55O*]  /  Written  by  himself. 
/  Second  Edition.  /  In  Three  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  /  London: 
/  Printed  for  Longman,  Hurst,  Rees,  Orme,  and  Brown, 
/  Paternoster-Row;  /  and  J.  Johnson  &  Co.  /  St.  Paul's 

Church- Yard.  /  [1811.] 

3Vols.    8vo.  c.    551 

**#  A  reissue  of  the  first  edition,  with  the  change  of  printed  titles  as 
noted,  and  lacking  the  last  six  pages  ("Works  lately  published")  of 
Vol.  III. 

1808-9.    Works  edited  by  Duane.     See  1818. 
1811.  Essays. 

The  /  Essays,  /  Humorous,  Moral  and  Literary  /  of  the 
late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Boston:  /  Published  by 
John  West  and  Co.  /  No.  75,  Cornhill.  /  1811.  /  E.  G. 

House,  Printer. 

i2mo.    pp.  182,  (2).  B.    552 

***  This  is  a  reprint  of  the  second  volume  of  No.  437,  with  the  ad- 
dition of  the  "Busy-Body"  essays. 

i8i2f  Essays. 

The  /  Franklin  Family  /  Primer  /  Containing  /  A  new 
and  useful  Selection  /  of/  Moral  Lessons;  /  adorned  with  a 
variety  of  /  Cuts,  /  Calculated  to  strike  a  lasting  impres- 
sion /  on  the  /  Tender  minds  of  Children.  /  By  a  Friend  to 
Youth.  /  Improved  Edition.  /  Boston:  /  Printed  by  and  for 

Manning  &  Loring  /  .    .    . 

Min.     pp.  72.  C.     553 

***  Contains  a  brief  biography  of  Franklin,  and  three  of  his  essays. 

1817.    Correspondence.     Paris:  1817. 

Correspondance  /  Incite  et  Secrete  /  du  /  Docteur  B. 
Franklin,  /  Ministre  Plenipotentiaire  des  £tats-Unis 
d'Ame'rique  /  pres  la  Cour  de  France,  /  depuis  Pannee 
1753  jusqu'en  1790;  /  offrant,  en  trois  parties  completes  et 


554-555]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [253 

bien  distinctes,  /  i°  Les  Me*moires  de  sa  Vie  prive*e;  /  2° 
Les  causes  premieres  de  la  Revolution  d'Ame"rique;  /  3° 
THistoire  des  diverses  Negotiations  /  entre  1'Angleterre,  la 
France  et  les  £tats-Unis.  /  Publide,  pour  la  premiere  fois, 
en  France,  /  Avec  des  Notes,  additions,  etc.  /  Tome  Pre- 
mier. /  Paris,  /  Janet  Pere,  Libraire-Editeur,  /  rue  Saint- 
Jacques,  No.  59.  /  M.DCCC.XVII. 

2  Vols.  8vo.  pp.  yj,  542,  portrait. — viij,  480,  facsimile.  B.  c.  554 
***  This  is  a  piracy  of  Vols.  v  and  vi  of  Duane's  edition  (No.  568), 
wretchedly  translated  and  edited  by  Charles  Malo,  who  was  somewhat 
assisted  by  MM.  Cohen  and  Breton.  Upon  the  appearance  of  the  first 
volume,  the  publishers  of  the  French  edition  of  the  Private  Corres- 
pondence (No.  559)  announced  their  edition,  with  the  statement  that 
this  work  was  incomplete.  Malo  replies  in  the  preface  to  the  second 
volume,  and  virtually  charges  Temple  Franklin  with  being  the 
"assassin"  of  his  grandfather's  memory.  Mardelle  answers  in  the 
preface  to  his  edition  (No.  559),  and  there  was  also  a  newspaper  con- 
troversy in  the  Paris  press,  relative  to  the  comparative  value  of  the 
two  editions. 

1817.  Private  Correspondence.     London:  1817. 

The  /  Private  Correspondence  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin, 
IvL.  D.  /  F.  R.  S.  &c.  /  Minister  Plenipotentiary  from  the 
United  States  of  America  at  the  Court  of  France,  /  and  for 
the  Treaty  of  Peace  and  Independence  with  Great  Britain, 
&c.,  &c.  /  Comprising  /  A  Series  of  Letters  /  on  /  Miscel- 
laneous, Literary,  and  Political  Subjects :/ Written  between 
the  years  1753  and  1790;  /  illustrating  the  /  Memoirs  of  his 
Public  and  Private  Life,  /  and  developing  /  the  Secret  His- 
tory /  of  his  /  Political  Transactions  and  Negotiations.  / 
Now  first  Published  from  the  originals,  /  by  his  grandson 
/  William  Temple  Franklin.  /  London:  /  Printed  for  Henry 
Colburn,  /  British  and  Foreign  Public  Library,  Conduit 
Street  Hanover  Square.  /  1817. 

4to.     pp.  xxiii,  (i),  449,  facsimile.  C.,  B.    555 

#\  This  volume  also  forms  volume  in  of  Temple  Franklin's  edition 
of  Franklin's  writings  (No.  561),  but  copies  were  separately  sold;  and, 
owing  to  the  delay  in  the  publication  of  the  first  volume  of  that  work, 
this  was  the  first  issued.  It  is  reviewed,  by  Lord  Francis  Jeffrey,  in 
the  Edinburgh  Review,  xxviii,  275;  Monthly  Review,  N.  s.  z,xxxni, 


555-559]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKUN.  [355 

18  and  133;  Analedic  Magazine,  ix,  553,  and  Literary  Gazette,  Jan. 
25,  1817. 


.  Private  Correspondence.  London:  1817. 
The  /  Private  Correspondence  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin, 
/L.  L.  D.,  F.  R.  S.  &c.,  /Minister  Plenipotentiary  from  the 
United  States  of  America  /  at  the  Court  of  France,  and  for 
the  Treaty  of  Peace  /  and  Independence  with  Great  Britain, 
&c.  &c.  /  [*555*]  /  by  his  grandson  /  William  Temple 
Franklin.  /  In  Two  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  /  London  :  Printed 
for  Henry  Colburn,  /  Public  Library,  Conduit  Street,  Han- 
over Square.  /  1817. 

2  Vols.     8vo.     pp.  xvi,  456,  facsimile.  —  xii,  392.  556 

*%  This  title  and  collation  are  given  on  the  authority  of  Sabin. 
See  Note  to  No.  562. 

1817.  Private  Correspondence.     London:  /<?//. 

The  /  Private  Correspondence  /  [$556*]  /  Vol.  I.  /  Second 
Edition,  with  Additions.     London:  [$556*]     1817. 

2  Vols.     8vo.     pp.  xvi,  493,  facsimile.—  (4),  452.          c.     557 
Jo3//.  Private  Correspondence.     London:  1817. 

The  /  Private  Correspondence  /  [$556*]  /  Vol.  I.  /  Third 
Edition,  with  Additions.  /  London:  [*556*]     1817. 

2  Vols.     8vo.     pp.  B.    558 

1817.  Private  Correspondence.     Paris:  /<?//. 

Correspondance  /  choisie  /  de  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  tra- 
duite  de  P  Anglais.  /  Edition  publie"e  par  W.  T.  Franklin. 
/  .  .  .  /  A  Paris,  /  Chez  Treuttel  et  Wurtz,  Libraires, 
rue  de  Bourbon,  No.  17;  /  Et  a  Strasbourg,  m£me  Maison 
de  Commerce.  /  A  Londres,  /  Chez  H.  Colburue,  50,  Con- 
duit Street,  New-Bond.  /  1817. 

8vo.     pp.  xxxj,  409,  (i).  C.    559 

***  Translated  by  M.  de  la  Mardelle,  who  has  added  a  preface  relat- 

ing to  the  charges  against  Temple  Franklin  made  by  Charles  Malo  in 

No.  554,  and  severely  criticising  the  latter,  both  on  that  account  and 

for  the  many  errors  in  his  two  volumes. 
^%  Sabin  gives  the  size  as  quarto,  and  Brunei  says  there  were  two 

volumes,  both  of  which  are  errors.     The  half  title  is: 

CEuvres  /  posthume  de  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Tome  Premier  /  Corres- 

pondance choisie. 


560-561]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [357 

1817.  Private  Correspondence.     London:  1833. 

Private  /  Correspondence  /  [^556^]  /  and  Independence 
with  Great  Britain,  &c.  &c.   /  Edited  by  his  Grandson,  / 
William  Temple  Franklin.  /  In  Two  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  / 
London:  /  Published  for  Henry  Colburn,  /  by  R.  Bentley, 
New  Burlington  Street.  /  1833. 

2  Vols.     8vo.     pp.  xvi,  456,  facsimile.— xi,  (i),  392.     c.,  B.     560 

1818.  Works  edited  by  Temple  Franklin. 

Memoirs  /  of  the  /  Life  and  Writings  /  of  /  Benjamin 
Franklin,  LL.  D.  /  F.  R.  S.  &c.  /  Minister  Plenipotentiary 

/  from  the  United  States  of  America,  at  the  Court  of 
France,  /  and  for  the  Treaty  of  Peace  and  Independence 
with  Great  Britain,  /  &c.  &c.  /  Written  by  himself  to  a  late 
period,  /  and  continued  to  the  time  of  his  death,  /  by  his 
Grandson;  /  William  Temple  Franklin.  /  Now  first  pub- 
lished from  the  original  MSS.  /  Comprising  the  /  Private 
Correspondence  and  Public  Negotiations  of  Dr.  Franklin, 

/  and  a  selection  from  his  /  Political,  Philosophical,  and 
Miscellaneous  Works.  /  London:  /  Printed  for  Henry  Col- 
burn,  /  British  and  Foreign  Public  Library,  Conduit  Street. 

/  1818. 

3  Vols.     4to.  B.,  c.     561 

Vol.  i.      Life.     pp.  (2),  x,  449,  (i),  Ixxxviii,  (4),  portrait. 

Vol.  n.     Correspondence,     pp.  (4),  xxiii,  (i),  449,  facsimile. 

Vol.  III.    Works,     pp.  viii,  xi-xvi,  (2),  570,  2,  7  plates. 

***  This  is  the  first  publication  of  any  of  the  autobiography  as  writ- 
ten by  Franklin,  and  of  the  third  part  in  any  form.  It  is  followed  by 
a  continuation  which  is  of  great  value.  The  volumes  of  this  and  suc- 
ceeding editions  were  sold  separately  as  "Memoirs,"  "Private  Corres- 
pondence," and  "Posthumous  Writings,"  and  so  are  noticed  with 
more  detail  in  Nos.  555  and  567.  It  is  reviewed  in  the  Monthly  Re- 
view, LXXXVI,  25;  Analectic  Magazine,  xi,  449;  by  A.  C.  Norton  in 
the  North  American  Review,  vn,  289;  by  John  Foster  in  the  Eclectic 
Review  for  1818;  and  by  F.  B.  Hoffman  in  his  CEuvres,  rv,  470. 

***  Franklin  by  his  will,  left  the  bulk  of  his  books  and  manuscripts 
to  his  grandson,  William  Temple  Franklin,  who  at  once  (1790)  came 
to  London  and  began  the  preparations  for,  and  announced  an  edition 
of  his  grandfather's  writings.  The  times  were  so  unpropitious  for  an 
elaborate  work,  however,  that  a  publisher  could  not  be  found,  and 

17 


561-562]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [359 

Temple  Franklin  was  himself  diverted  from  the  venture  by  a  profit- 
able agency  in  an  American  land  company,  and  so  the  enterprise 
dragged  along  till  1818,  when  both  quarto  and  octavo  editions  were 
printed.  This  delay  of  twenty-eight  years  occasioned  much  gossip, 
which  first  came  into  print  in  the  National  Intelligencer,  and  finally 
crystallized  in  a  charge,  made  in  the  preface  of  Marshall's  edition  of 
Franklin's  writings  (No.  550),  that  Temple  Franklin  "had  found  a 
bidder  ...  in  some  emissary  of  government,  whose  object  was  to 
withhold  the  manuscripts  from  the  world."  This  attack  was  com- 
mented upon  in  the  Monthly  Review,  the  Edinburgh  Review,  and  the 
American  Citizen,  whose  Anglo-phobic  editor  made  it  the  basis  of  a 
savage  attack  on  both  Temple  Franklin  and  the  British  government. 
This  latter  diatribe  was  reprinted  in  Paris  in  The  Argus  or  London 
Review  of  March  28,  1807.  To  this  Temple  Franklin  wrote  a  brief 
and  dignified  reply,  which  was  published  in  the  latter  paper  of  March 
31,  1807  (and  republished  in  the  London  Chronicle},  which  should 
have  ended  the  matter  for  all  time.  The  slander  has,  however,  proved 
of  feline  nature.  Thomas  Jefferson,  always  a  newsmonger,  added  fuel 
to  the  flame  by  some  inaccurate  "recollections,"  and  Charles  Malo,  in 
editing  his  pirated  edition  of  Franklin's  correspondence  (No.  554),  vir- 
tually called  Temple  Franklin  the  assassin  of  his  grandfather's  mem- 
ory. In  this  work  the  editor  laughingly  notices  these  attacks,  but 
does  not  even  consider  a  denial  or  refutation  necessary,  which  led 
both  Mr.  Sparks  and  Mr.  Bigelow  to  give  further  currency  to  the 
charges  in  their  editions  of  Franklin's  writings,  and  though  both  Mr. 
Stevens  and  Prof.  McMaster  have  given  Temple  Franklin  fair  treatment 
in  this  respect,  the  slander  is  apparently  by  no  means  buried. 

1818.    Works. 

Memoirs  /  of  the  /  Life  and  Writings  /  of  /  Benjamin 
Franklin  /  [-(-561+]  /  By  his  grandson,  /  William  Temple 
Franklin.  /  Comprising  the  /  Private  Correspondence  /  And 
Public  Negociations  of  Dr.  Franklin.  /  And  his  select  / 
Political,  Philosophical  and  Miscellaneous  Works.  /  Pub- 
lished from  the  original  MSS.  /  Vol.  I.  /  Life  /  London:  / 
Printed  for  Henry  Colburn,  Conduit  Street.     1818. 

6  Vols.    8vo.  562 

Vols.  i-n.       Life.     pp.  xii,  542,  portrait.— (2),  450. 

Vols.  iii-iv.  Correspondence,  pp.  xvi,  493. — viii,  523,  8  plates,  pp. 
xvi,  456,  facsimile. — xii,  392. 

Vols.  v-vi.     Works. 

***  This  title  and  collation  is  given  on  the  authority  of  Sabin.  I 
have  only  seen  this  octavo  edition  as  "second"  or  "third  edition," 
and  I  think  it  was  only  so  issued,  the  quarto  edition  being  the  first. 


563-566]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [361 

1818.    Works. 

Memoirs  /  [^562*]  /  Published  from  the  original  MSS.  / 
Second  Edition.  /  Vol.  I.  /  Life.  /  London:  /  [^562*]  1818. 

6  Vols.     8vo.  P.  H.  s.     563 

Vols.  i-n.       Life.     pp.  xii,  542,  portrait,  2  plates.— (4),  452. 
Vols.  ra-iv.  Correspondence,     pp.  xxiv,  486,  facsimile.— xi,  480,  (2). 
Vols.  v-vi.     Works,     pp.  xvi,  493.— viii,  523,  8  plates. 

1818.   Works. 

Memoirs  [^562*]  /  Third  Edition.  /  Vol.  I.  /  Life.  /  Lon- 
don: /  [*562*]  1818. 

6  Vols.     8vo.    pp.  (?)  564 

1818.    Works.     Paris:  1817-1819. 

Me*moires  /  sur  /  la  Vie  et  les  Merits  /  de  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, / /  Publie'es  /  sur  le  manuscrit  original  reMige 

par  lui-me'me  /  en  grande  partie,  et  continue*  jusqu'a  sa  / 
mort,  /  Par  William  Temple  Franklin,  /  son  petit-fils.  / 
Tome  Premier,  /  Avec  un  Portrait  de  B.  Franklin.  /  A 
Paris,  /  Chez  Treuttel  et  Wiirtz,  Libraires,' rue  de  Bourbon, 
No.  17;  /  Et  £  Strasbourg,  me'me  Maison  de  Commerce.  / 
A  Londres,  /  Chez  H.  Colburne  .  .  .  /  1818. 

3  Vols.     8vo.     pp.   (2),  xiv,  290,  portrait. — (2),  435,  plate. — xxxj,  459, 

(i).  c.     565 

»**  The  third  volume  is  the  same  as  No.  559.  The  three  volumes 
form  a  translation,  made  by  M.  de  la  Mardelle,  of  part  of  Temple 
Franklin's  edition,  but  was  never  carried  further.  Sabin  gives  a  quarto 
edition,  and  states  the  translation  to  be  by  Le  Veillard,  both  of  which 
are  errors. 

1818.    Works.      Weimar:  1817-1819. 

Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin's  /  nachgelassene  /  Schriften  und 
Correspondenz,  /  nebst  /  seinem  Leben.  /  Aus  dem  Eng- 
lischen  iibersetzt.  /  Erster  Band.  /  Mit  Franklin's  Portrait. 

/  Weimar,  /  Im  Verlage  des  Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs. 

/  1817- 

5  Vols.     8vo.  B.     566 

Vols.  i-n.      Correspondence,  pp.  xii,  (4),  439,  (i),  portrait. — (2),  396. 
Vols.  m-iv.  Life.     pp.  (4),  460.— (2),  448. 
Vols.  V.  Works,     pp.  viii,  340. 

***  The  preface  is  signed  "D.  H." 


567-568]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKUN.  [363 

1818.    Works.     Kiel:  1829. 

Benjamin  Franklin's  /  Leben  und  Schriften,  /  nach  der 
von  seinem  Enkel,  /  William  Temple  Franklin,  /  veran- 
stalteten  /  neuen  Londoner  Original-Ausgabe;  /mit  Benut- 
zung  /  des  /  bei  derselben  bekannt  gemachten  /  Nachlasses 
und  Friiherer  Quellen  /  zeitgemass  bearbeitet  von  A.  Bin- 
zer.  /  Brster  Theil.  /Kiel,  /  Universitats-Buchhandlung.  / 
1829. 

4  Vols.     i2mo.    pp.  (6),  303.— 246,  vi.— 249,  vi.— (2),  218,  vi.    B.    567 
#**  Only  two  titles  were  issued  to  the  four  volumes. 

1818.    Works.     London:  1833. 

Memoirs  /  [+  562  +]  /  New  Edition  /  London :  /  Pub- 
lished for  Henry  Colburn,  /  by  R.  Bentley,  New  Burling- 
ton Street.  1833. 

6  Vols.     8vo.     pp.  as  in  No.  562.  C.     567 

#*#  "The  so-called  new  edition  of  1833  is  the  first  edition  of  1818, 
with  new  title  pages  only."  Sabin. 

1818.    Works  edited  by  Duane.     Philadelphia:  1 808-18. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  in  /  Philos- 
ophy, Politics  and  Morals:/  containing,  beside  all  the  Writ- 
ings published  /  in  former  Collections,  his  /  Diplomatic 
correspondence,  /  as  minister  of  the  United  States,  at  /  the 
court  of  Versailles;  /  a  variety  of  literary  articles,  /  and  / 
Epistolary  correspondence,  /  never  before  published:  /  with 
/  Memoirs  and  Anecdotes  of  his  life.  /  Vol.  II.  /  Philadel- 
phia: Printed  and  published  by  William  Duane.  / 1809. 

6  Vols.     8vo.     (no.  pp.  489-498).  B.,  C.     568 

Vol.  I.  [1818].  Autobiography,  pp.  (2),  xxi,  (i),  519,  portrait, 
plate,  2  facsimiles. 

Vol.  II.    [1809].     Review  of  Pennsylvania,     pp.  (6),  xxxv,  (i),  431. 

Vol.  in.  [1808].     Scientific,     pp.  (6),  v,  (i),  477,  12  plates. 

Vol.  iv.    [1809].     Political,     pp.  (10),  407,  portrait. 

Vol.  v.     [1809].     Correspondence,     pp.  (6),  viii,  (2),  434. 

Vol.  vi.    [1817].     Correspondence,     pp.  (6),  xxiii,  (i),  564. 

***  The  engraved  titles  are:  "The  /  Works  /  of/  Benjamin  Franklin 
/  Vol.  II.  /  Philadelphia.  /  Printed  and  published  by  William  Duane  / 
1809,"  except  Vol.  I.  which  is  "Memoirs  /  of  the  /  Life  and  Writings  / 
of/  Benjamin  Franklin  /  I/L.D.  F.  R.  S.  /  Written  by  Himself  /  Phila- 
delphia: /  Printed  and  published  by  William  Duane.  /  1818."  The 


568-572]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [365 

printed  title  of  Vol.  i.  also  differs  from  the  rest  of  the  set,  being: 
"Memoirs  / /  Vol.  I.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  T.  S.  Man- 
ning. 1818." 

***  This  edition  was  begun  in  1808,  but  owing  to  the  delay  of  Tem- 
ple Franklin  in  printing  his  edition  (with  whom  Duaue  had  agreed  to 
an  exchange  of  material),  it  was  not  completed  till  1818.  The  editor 
added  many  pieces  to  what  had  hitherto  been  printed  as  Franklin's, 
derived  almost  wholly  from  the  books  and  MSS.  which  came  into  his 
possession  by  his  marriage  with  the  widow  of  Benjamin  Franklin 
Bache,  but  the  work  is  so  full  of  blunders  and  misstatements  that  its 
chief  value  has  been  to  other  editors  of  Franklin.  It  is  reviewed  in 
the  Analectic  Magazine,  ix,  553. 

1819.  Political  and  Scientific  Writings. 

The  /  Posthumous  /  and  /  Other  Writings  /  of  /  Benjamin 
Franklin,  /  LL.  D.  F.  R.  S.,  &c.  /  Minister  Plenipoten- 
tiary from  the  United  States  /  of  America  at  the  Court  of 
France,  and  for  the  Treaty  of  /  Peace  and  Independence 
with  Great  Britain,  /  &c.  &c.  /  Published  from  the  origi- 
nals, /  by  his  grandson,  /  William  Temple  Franklin.  /  In 
Two  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  /  London:  /  Printed  for  Henry 
Colburn,  Conduit  Street.  /  1819. 

2  Vols.     8vo.     pp.  xvi,  493. — viii,  523,  8  plates.  569 

+\  This  title  and  collation  are  given  on  the  authority  of  Sabin. 
See  Note  to  No.  562.  They  are  Vols.  v  and  vi  of  No.  563. 

1819.  Political  and  Scientific  Writings. 

The  /  Posthumous  /  [$569*]  /  Vol.  I.  /  Second  Edition. 
/  London:  /  [$569*]  /  1819. 

2  Vols.    8vo.     pp.  xvi,  493.— viii,  523,  8  plates.          c.    570 

1819.  Political  and  Scientific  Writings. 

The  /  Posthumous  /  [*569*]  /  Vol.  I.  /  Third  Edition.  / 

London:  /  [^569*]  /  1819. 

2  Vols.     8vo.     pp.  xvi,  493.— viii,  523,  8  plates.  571 

1820.  Essays.     London:  1820. 

Essays  and  Letters,  /  by  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.  / 
Part  I.  /  Moral  and  Philosophical  /  Vol.  I.  /  [Part  II.] 
Commercial  and  Political  /  Vol.  II.  ]  MDCCCXX. 

Min.     pp.  (4),  176.— (2),  164.  A.     572 

***The  engraved  title  of  Vol.  I.  is:  "Dr.  B.  Franklin's  Essays.  / 

Vol.  I.  /  [vignette  portrait]  /  London,  Published  by  John  Sharpe,  Pic- 


572-577]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [267 

cadilly.  /  1820,"  and  that  of  Vol.  n:  "Essays  /  by  /  Dr.  Benj.  Frank- 
lin /  Vol.  II  /  London,  Published  by  John  Sharpe,  Piccadilly  /  1820." 

1820.  Essays.     New  York:  1821-2. 

Essays  and  Letters,  /  by  /  Dr.  B.  Franklin.  /  Part  I.  / 
Moral  and  Philosophical.  /  Vol.  I  /  [Part  II.  /  Commercial 
and  Political.  /  Vol.  II.]     New- York:  /  Published  by  R.  & 
W.  A.  Bartow  &  Co.,  and  by  /  W.  A.  Bartow  &  Co.,  Rich- 
mond, (Vir.)  /  Gray  &  Bunce,  Printers.  /  1821. 

Min.     pp.  213,  (2),  portrait. — (2),  216.  B.     573 

**#  Vol.  I  has  no  engraved  title.  That  of  Vol.  ir  is:  Essays  /  by  / 
Dr.  Benjn  Franklin  /  Vol.  II.  /  New  York,  Published  by  R.  &  W.  A. 
Bartow. 

1824..  Melanges  edited  by  Renouard.     Paris:  1824.. 

Melanges  /  de  Morale  /  d' Economic  et  de  Politique,  / 
extraits  des  ouvrages  /  de  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  et  pre'ce'de's 
d'une  Notice  sur  sa  vie,  /  par  A.  Ch.  Renouard,  Avocat.  / 
Tome  Premier.  /  Paris,  /  Chez  Antoine-Augustin  Renouard, 
/  Rue  de  Tournon,  No.  6,  /  1824. 

2  Vols.     Min.     pp.  vij,  (i),  252,  portrait. — (4),  186,  facsimile.     B.     574 
1824.  Melanges.     Paris:  1825. 

Miscelanca  /  de  Economia,  /  Politica  y  Moral,  /  Ex- 
tractada  de  las  Obras  /  de  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  y  Precedida 
de  una  Noticia  sobre  su  Vida.  /  Traducida  del  Frances  por 
R.  Mangino,  natural  de  /  Mejico,  .  .  .  /  Tome  Primero.  / 
Paris,  En  la  Libreria  de  Bossange  Padre,  Calle  de  Riche- 
lieu, No.  60.  /  1825. 

Min.     pp.  (4),  ij,  237,  portrait.— (4),  230,  facsimile.        B.     575 
1824..  Melanges.     Paris:  1826. 

Melanges  /  [*575*]  /  par  A.  Ch.  Renouard,  Avocat.  / 
2e  edition,  revue  et  augmented.  /  Tome  premier.  /  Paris, 

J.  Renouard  .    .    .  /  1826. 

2  Vols.     Min.    pp.  as  in  No.  575-  57$ 

1824.  Melanges.      Volterra:  1834.. 

Saggi  /  di  /  Morale/ e  /  d' Economia  Privata  estratti  dalle 
Operi  /  di  /  Beniamino  Franklin  /  Prima  Traduzione  Itali- 
ana.  /  V.  i.  /  Volterra.  /  1834. 

Min.     pp.  190,  (i),  portrait— 192.  »•     577 


578-582]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKUN.  [269 

1824.  Melanges.  »  Paris:  1853. 

Melanges  /  de  /  Morale,  d'  Economic  /  et  de  Politique.  / 
Extraits  des  Ouvrages  /  de  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Et  pre"ce"de"s 
d'une  Notice  sur  sa  vie  par  A.  Ch.  Renouard  /  Conseiller 
a  la  Cour  de  Cassation  /  Troisi£me  Edition  Revue  et  aug- 
mente"e.  /  Paris  /  Jule  Renouard  et  Cie,  Libraire-Editeur  / 
rue  de  Tournon,  6.  /  1853. 

I2mo.     pp.  376,  covers.  B.     578 

***  The  date  on  the  cover  is  1854. 

1829.  Essays.     Paris:  1829. 

Merits  Populaires  /  de  Franklin,  /  choisis  et  approprie"  / 
aux  Lecteurs  Frangais  /  Par  le  Compagnon  de  Simon  de 
Mantua.   /  Paris,   Louis  Colas,   Libraire,   rue   Dauphine, 
No.  32.  /  1829. 

Min.     pp.  xii,  59,  (i).  B.     579 

1833.  Familiar  Letters,  edited  by  Sparks.     Boston:  1833. 

A  /  Collection  /  of  the  /  Familiar  Letters  /  and  /  Miscel- 
laneous Papers  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin ;  /  Now  for  the 
first  time  published.  /  Boston :  /  Published  by  Charles 
Bowen.  /  1833. 

I2tuo.     pp.  xvi,  295,  (i).  C.     580 

***  Though  the  title  states  that  the  contents  are  "for  the  first  time 
published,"  some  of  the  letters  had  been  printed  before.  The  "Mis- 
cellaneous Papers"  consist  of  Franklin's  MS.  annotations  from  five 
pamphlets  formerly  in  the  Athenaeum  of  Philadelphia;  Walpole's 
Grant,  and  the  "Craven  Street  Gazette."  Reviewed  in  American 
Monthly  Review,  nr,  124;  Monthly  Review,  cxxxii,  239;  and  by 
W.  B.  O.  Peabody  in  the  North  American  Review,  xxxvn,  249. 

1833.  Familiar  Letters.     London:  1833. 

Familiar  Letters  /  and  /  Miscellaneous  Papers  /  of  /  Ben- 
jamin Franklin;  /  now  for  the  first  time  published.  /  Ed- 
ited by  Jared  Sparks,  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  /  with  explan- 
atory notes.  /  London:  /  Jackson  and  Walford,  /  St.  Paul's 
Church- Yard.  /  1833. 

8vo.    pp.  xvi,  295,  (i).  C.     581 

1834.  Essays  edited  by  Howard.     London:  [1834?] 

The  /  Beauties  /  of  /  Franklin,  /  consisting  of  /  Selections 


583-586]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [271 

from  his  Writings.  /  By  Alfred  Howard,  Esq.  /  London:  / 
Printed  by  T.  Davidson,  /  .    .    . 

Min.     pp.  (2),  186,  (2),  portrait.  p.  H.  S.     582 

1834.    Works  edited  by  Duane. 

Memoirs  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Written  by  Him- 
self, /  and  continued  by  his  grandson  and  others  /  with  his 
Social  Epistolary  Correspondence,  Philosophical,  Political, 
/  and  Moral  Letters  and  Essays,  /  and  his  /  Diplomatic 
Transactions  as  agent  at  London  and  Minister  /  Plenipo- 
tentiary at  Versailles.  /  Augmented  Edition  /  with  a  / 
Postliminious  Preface.  /  In  Two  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  /  Phil- 
adelphia: /  M'Carty  &  Davis,  No.  171  Market  St.  /  1834. 

2  Vols.     8vo.     pp.    (2),   xxxvii,    (i),   624,   portrait. — (2),  vii,    (i),   517, 

plate.  583 

***  The  engraved  title  is:  The  /  Life  and  Writings  /  of  /  Benjamin 
Franklin  / /  Philadelphia  /  Published  by  M'Carthy  &  Davis. 

#**  This  is  a  republication  of  Duane's  edition,  published  in  1818, 
"augmented  equal  to  the  contents  of  a  volume  more  than  was  con- 
tained in  that  edition."  There  is  a  reissue  by  the  same  publishers 
dated  1840. 

1834.    Works.     New  York:  1859. 

Memoirs  /  [$583*]  /  with  a  /  Postliminious  Preface  /  By 
William  Duane.  /  In  two  Volumes.  /  Vol.  I.  /  New  York  / 
Derby  &  Jackson,  119  Nassau  Street  /  1859. 

2  Vols.    8vo.    pp.  as  in  No.  583.  584 

**#  The  British  Museum  Catalogue  gives  an  edition  "N.  Y.  1845." 

1834.  Works.     New  York:  1861. 

Memoirs  /  [,,584*]  /  Vol.  I.  /  New  York:  /  H.  W.  Derby, 

625  Broadway.  /  1861. 

2  Vols.     8vo.    pp.  as  in  No.  583.  585 

1835.  Essays.     Paris:  [1835?} 

Instructions  /  du  /  Peuple  Francois;  /  Livres  vendus  au 

prix  constant.  /  Melanges  /  de  /  Morale,  d' Economic  et  de 

Politique,  /  Extraits  /  des  ouvrages  de  Benjamin  Franklin. 

/  Paris,  /  Imprimeur  de  A.  Firmin  Didot  /  Rue  Jacob, 

No.  24. 

Min.    pp.  39,  (*)•  B>    586 


587-591]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [373 

1835.  Essays. 

Esprit  /  de  Franklin  /  ou  /  Tresor  di  Sagesse.  /  Paris.  / 
Louis  Janet,  /  Libraire,  /  Rue  Saint  Jacques,  No.  59. 

Min.     pp.  viii,  152,  portrait,  plate.  B.     587 

184.0.    Works  edited  by  Sparks.     Boston:  1836-40. 

The  /  Works  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  containing  / 
several  political  and  historical  tracts  /  not  included  in  any 
former  edition,  /  and  /  many  letters  official  and  private  / 
not  hitherto  published;  /  with  /  notes  /and  /a  life  of  the 
author  /  By  Jared  Sparks.  /  Volume  I.  /  Boston:  /  Hilliard 
Gray,  and  Company.  /  1840. 

10  Vols.     Rl.  8vo.  and  8vo.  B.,  c.    588 

Vol.  I.          Life.     pp.  xxxvii,  (4),  612,  portrait,  plate. 
Vol.  II.        Essays,     pp.  ix,  (2),  557,  portrait. 
Vol.  in.        Essays,     pp.  xiv,  577,  portrait 
Vol.  iv.        Essays,     pp.  ix,  (2),  339,  portrait,  2  plates. 
Vol.  v.         Essays,     pp.  xiii,  (2),  516,  facsimile,  2  plates. 
Vol.  vi.        Scientific,     pp.  xiii,  (2),  578,  n  plates. 
Vol.  vil.       Correspondence,     pp.  xxxi,  (2),  568,  portrait. 
Vol.  vni.     Correspondence,     pp.  xxii,  (2),  554. 
Vol.  ix.        Correspondence,     pp.  xxi,  (2),  550. 
Vol.  x.         Correspondence,     pp.  xix,  (2),  540,  4  11. 
#\  Mr.  Sparks  added  some  six  hundred  and  fifty  pieces  to  what  had 
before  been  printed  in  editions  of  Franklin's  writings,  with  many  long 
and  scholarly  notes,  which  in  spite  of  succeeding  editions  still  makes 
this  among  the  most  valuable.     Reviewed  by  F.  Bowen  in  the  North 
American  Review,  wx,  446;  and  by  H.  T.  Tuckerman  in  the  same, 
LXXXIII,  402. 

1840.    Works.     Boston:  1856. 

The  Works  of  [+588+]  Boston:  Whittemore,  Niles  and 
Hall.     1856. 

10  Vols.    8vo.    pp.  as  in  No.  588.  589 

184.0.  Works.     London:  1882. 

The  Works  of/  [+588-1-]  /  London:  Benjamin  Franklin 
Stevens  /  4  Trafalgar  Square,  Charing  Cross  /  1882. 

10  Vols.     8vo.     pp.  as  in  No.  588.  590 

184.1.  Essays. 

This  Impression  was  taken  /  .    .    .  /  At  the   identical 
Press,  at  which  /  Dr.  Franklin  worked  in  London  as  a 
18 


59T595-]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [375 

journeyman,  in  the  year  1725-6.  /  [Liverpool  :  Mitchell, 
Heaton  &  Mitchell.     1841.] 

4to.     Broadside.  S.  D.     590 

**#A  leaflet,   containing  Franklin's  poem  on   "Paper"  and  his 
"Twelve  Rules  of  Conduct" 

1842?  Essays. 

Dr.  Franklin's  Moral  Table  for  Perfecting  the  Human 
Character,     [n.  p.,  n.  d.] 

4to.     Broadside,  B.     591 


Melanges  /  d'  conomic  Politique  I  ...  I  Paris,  /  Chez 
Guillaumin  et  Cie  .  .  .  /  .....  /  1847. 

2  Vols.     8vo.  592 

*%  The  half  title  at  p.  621  is  "Franklin  /  La  Science  /  du  /  Bon- 
homme  Richard,  et  autre  opuscules."  It  includes  Nos.  28,  30,  69,  107, 
330,  348,  "Economical  Project,"  "Petition  of  the  Left  Hand,"  "Price 
of  Wheat,"  "  Liberty  of  Commerce,"  and  extracts  from  letters. 

1850.  Essays. 

Essays;  /Humorous,  Moral  and  Literary.  /  By  Dr.  Frank- 
lin. /  London:  /  Published  by  J.  S.  Pratt  /  MDCCCL. 

Min.     pp.  (4),  (n)-i47.  593 

***  See  No.  531, 

1859.  Essays  on  Commene,  etc.,  edited  by  MfCulloch. 

A  /  Select  Collection  /  of  /  Scarce  and  Valuable  /  Econo- 
mic Tracts  /  from  the  originals  of  /  Defoe,  Elking,  Frank- 
lin, Turgot  .„„/.../  With  a  Preface,  Notes  and  In- 
dex. /  London:  /  MDCCCLIX. 

Svo,  C.    594 

***  The  half  title  at  page  161  is  "Extracts  /  from  the  /  Works  /of/ 
Dr.  Franklin  /  on  Population,  Commerce,  /  &c."  Edited  by  J.  R.  Mc- 
Culloch  for  Lord  Overstone.  Only  150  copies  privately  printed. 

Select  Works  edited  by  Sargent. 

The  /  Select  Works  /of  /  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  includ- 
ing /  His  Autobiography,  /  with  Notes  and  a  Memoir  /  by 
Epes  Sargent.  /  Boston:  /  Phillips,  Sampson  and  Company 
/  1853. 

I2mo.     pp.  (2),  xiv,  502,  portrait,  facsimile.  B.     595 

*\  The  first  title  is:  "The  /  Select  Works  /  of/  Franklin  /  edited  by 


596-600]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [377 

/  Epes  Sargent.  /  Boston:  /  Phillips,  Sampson  &  Co."    Swift  gives  re- 
issues, dated  1856,  1857  and  1858. 

1853.  Select  Works. 

The  /  Select  Works  /  [,,595*]  /  Boston:  /  J.  L.  Shorey.  / 
1866. 

121110.     pp.  256,  facsimile.  B.    596 

1866.  Correspondence. 

Correspondance  /  de  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Traduite  de 
P  Anglais  et  Annote"e  /  par  /  IMouard  Laboulaye  /..../ 
Torne  Premier  /  1757-1775  /  Paris  /  Libraire  de  L.  Hach- 
ette  et  Cie  /  .    .    .  /  1866  /  .    .   . 

2  Vols.     lamo.    pp.  (4),  vii,  462,  (2)  covers.— (4),  iv,  528,  covers.  597 
***  See  No.  598. 

186"].  Essays. 

El  I/ibro  /  del  /  Hombre  de  Bien  /  Opuscules  Morales, 
Econ6micos  y  Politicos.  /  Estractados  de  /  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin /  /  Barcelona.  /  Libreria  de  D.  Juan  Oliveres, 

.../..    ./i867. 

i2mo.     pp.  402,  (2),  covers.  597* 

1867.  Essays. 

Essais  /  de  morale  et  d' Economic  politique  /  de  /  Benja- 
min Franklin  /  Traduits  de  P  Anglais  et  annotte"s  /  par  / 

Edouard  Laboulaye   / Paris   /   L,ibraire  de  L,. 

Hachette  et  Cie  /  .    .    .  /  1867  /  .    .    . 

I2mo.     pp.  (4),  348,  covers.  598 

***  This,  with  Nos.  421  and  497,  constitute  a  four  volume  edition  of 
Franklin's  writings,  but  each  work  was  also  sold  separately. 

1889.    Works  edited  by  Bigelow.     New  York:  1887-89. 

The  Complete  Works  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  includ- 
ing /  his  private  as  well  as  his  official  and  scientific  corres- 
pondence, and  /  numerous  letters  and  documents  now  for 
the  first  /  printed  with  many  others  not  included  in  /  any 
former  collection  /  also  /  the  unmutilated  and  correct  ver- 
sion of  his  autobiography  /  compiled  and  edited  /  by  /  John 
Bigelow.  I  ...  I  Vol.  I  /  New  York  and  London  /  G.  P. 
Putnam's  Sons  /  The  Knickerbocker  Press  /  1887. 

10  Vols.    8vo.  B.    600 


6OO-600*]          BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [279 

Vol.  i.          [1725-1744]    pp.  xxxii,  523,  portrait. 

Vol.  ii.        [1744-1757]    PP-  xiii,  523,  4  plates. 

Vol.  in.       [1758-1766]     pp.  xiii,  511,  2  plates. 

Vol.  iv.        [1767-1772]    pp.  xvii,  558,  portrait,  plate. 

Vol.  v.         [1772-1775]    PP-  xv,  564,  i  plate. 

Vol.  VI.        [1776-1779]    PP.  xx,  485- 

Vol.  vil.       [1780-1782]     pp.  xxiv,  497. 

Vol.  viil.     [1782-1784]     pp.  xix,  522. 

Vol.  ix.       [1784-1788]    pp.  xiv,  484,  3  plates. 

Vol.  x.         [1788-1790,  Supplement]    pp.  xx,  448. 

***  Mr.  Bigelow  has  not  only  corrected  many  of  Mr.  Sparks'  errors, 
but  has  added  some  six  hundred  new  pieces  to  what  had  hitherto  been 
printed  as  Franklin's.  The  chronological  arrangement  is  also  a  great 
improvement  on  the  classical  one  of  all  prior  editions.  Reviewed  in 
New  York  Times,  June  24  and  Dec.  9,  1888 ;  by  Edward  Eggleston  in 
New  York  Commercial  Advertiser,  Sept.  14,  1888 ;  and  in  the  Critic, 
Dec.  15,  1888. 

The  following  is  the  prospectus  of  the  work: 

The  Complete  Works  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin  / /  to  be  ed- 
ited by  John  Bigelow.  /  This  Edition  (which  will  be  the  most  complete 

ever  issued)  will  be  /  limited  to  six  hundred  sets,  / /  G.  P. 

Putnam's  Sons,  /  New  York.  / 4to.  pp.  (4).  600* 


Two. 


PERIODICALS  AND  SERIALS 


CONTAINING 


WRITINOS  OK   KRANKLIN. 


***  This  list  only  includes  such  periodicals  and  serials  as  contain 
original  publications  contributed  by  Franklin  in  his  life  time.  It  is  of 
necessity  imperfect. 


1722.  The  New  England  Courant.     Boston. 
*\  See  No.  3. 

1729.  The  Weekly  Mercury.     Philadelphia.  601 

*%.  "The  Busy  Body"  series.     See  Sparks,  n,  13. 

1729.  The  Pennsylvania  Gazette. 
***  See  No.  n. 

1752.  Votes  and  Proceedings  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania.     Philadelphia. 

602 

***  "You  [Franklin]  encumbered  the  Minutes  with  such  a  load  of 
scurrilous  messages  of  your  own  drawing,  and  such  long  reports  put 
together  from  law  books,  old  histories  and  journals."  William  Smith 
in  No.  278. 

**#  A  description  of  the  issues  of  the  "Votes"  is  given  by  Hilde- 
burn. 

1756.  The  Gentleman's  Magazine.  603 

***  See  also  A  General  Index  .  .  .  to  the  Gentleman's  Magazine, 
and  Vol.  i,x,  571. 

1756.     Feb.     Military  Act  of  Pennsylvania. 

1756.  Mar.     Dialogue  between  X,  Y  and  Z.      , 

1757.  Sept.     Vindication  of   Pennsylvania.      [Signed]    "William 

Franklin." 

1764.  April.     Parable  against  Persecution. 

1764.  April.     Narrative  of  Massacre. 

1768.  Jan.     Defense  of  the  Americans.     "A.  B." 

1768.  Jan.     Cause  of  American  Discontents.     "F.  fS." 

1768.  July.     Magic  Squares. 

1768.  Oct.     Magic  Circle. 

1768.  Nov.     Trade  of  the  Northern  Colonies.     "F.  B." 

1768.  Nov.     Trade  of  the  West  Indies.     "F.  B." 

1756.   Philosophical  Transactions  of  the  Royal  Society.  604 
»**  See  Index  to  the  Philosophical  Transactions  of  the  Royal  Society. 

1759.  The  London  Chronicle.  605 

***  I  have  only  been  able  to  examine  an  imperfect  file  of  this  paper. 
1759.     May  10.     "A  New  England  Man." 

[283] 


605-608]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [385 

1759.     Sept.  i.     "F."? 
1759.     Sept.  ii.     "F"? 

1759.  Dec.  25.     "A.  Z." 

1760.  ?          "A  Briton." 

1765.  May    ?     "A  Traveller." 

1766.  Feb.  6-8.     "A  Lover  of  Britain." 

1766.  ?  "Arator." 

1767.  April  7.     "F.  B." 
1767.    July  1 1.     "B.  F." 

1767.  Nov.  24.     "B.  F." 

1768.  Jan.  7.     "F.  S." 

1759.  Grand  Magazine.     London.  606 

+\  "  I  can  only  send  you  .  .  .  some  little  sketches  that  have  been 
printed  in  the  Grand  Magazine,  which  I  should  hardly  own  did  I  not 
know  that  your  friendly  partiality  would  make  them  seem  at  least  tol- 
erable." Franklin  to  Kames,  Jan.  3,  1760. 

***  I  have  been  unable  to  examine  a  file  of  this  magazine.  The 
pieces  are  inedited. 

1759?  Monthly  Review.     London.  607 

#%  Dr.  Franklin  .  .  .  recommended  him  [Dr.  Edward  Bancroft]  to 
the  editors  and  proprietors  of  the  Monthly  Review,  in  which  his  stand- 
ing share  was  to  review  all  publications  relative  to  America.  This  in- 
formation I  had  from  Dr.  Franklin  himself.  I  understood  this  very 
well,  as  I  thought — to  wit,  that  Bancroft  was  the  ostensible  reviewer, 
but  that  Franklin  was  always  consulted  before  the  publication." 
John  Adams'  Works,  III,  142. 

1767.  Pennsylvania  Chronicle.  608 

***  The  following  is  a  copy  of  a  paper  in  the  Stevens-Franklin 
Collection: 

"List  of  some  Papers  in  Goddard's  Pennsylvanian  Chronicle, — writ- 
ten by  Benj.  Franklin. 

1767.     Feb.    1 6.     Two  Letters  signed,  F.  B.  &  N.  N. 
"  "      23.    Two  Dr.  signed  Pacificus  &  Homespun  (or  Hon- 

estus). 

1767.  Mar.     9.     Two  Dr.  signed  N.  N.  &  F.  B. 

"  "      23.     Two  Dr.  signed  Homespun  &  F.  B. 

"        June     i.     Remarks  on  the  Report  published    in  the    last 

Chronicle,  by  B.  F.  Esq. 
"        June    8.     Two  Papers,  signed  A  Friend  to  both  Countries 

and  Benevolus, 

1768.  Mar.   14.     Extract  of  a  Letter  from  London. 
"        April  25.     Letter  signed  F.  f  S. 

"        Oct.    12.     Queries  signed  N.  M.  C.  N.  P.  C.  H. 


6o8-6l6]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [287 

1768.  Dec.     5.     Piece  signed  Day  Light,  another  signed  N.  N. 
"          "      12.     Piece  signed  New  England. 

1769.  Jan'y  16.     Letter  to  Gov.  Shirley — &  Remark. 

"  Feb.  6.  Letter  addressed  to  Thomas  Crowley,  signed  Fran- 
cis Lyon. 

"  Apr.  3.  Extract  of  a  Letter  from  Paris  to  a  Gentn  in 
London. 

"       June  26.     Intelligence  from  London. 

"  "       9.     A  little  paper  signed  "Twilight." 

1767.  The  Political  Register.     London.  608* 

**£  Almon  states  that  Franklin  contributed  to  this,  but  I  can  assign 
nothing  to  his  pen  in  it  except  possibly  that  signed  "B.  F."  in  No. 
xvm,  p.  137. 

1772.  London  Packet.  609 

1772.  June  3.     "A  New  Englandman." 

1773.  Public  Advertiser.     London.  610 

1773.  "A.  P." 

A  Well-wisher  to  the  King  and  all  his  Dominions. 
A  Londoner. 
J773-     Prussian  Edict. 

1774.  A  Friend  to  the  Poor. 

?       J-J. 
?        Z.  Z. 
J777-    July  18.    Vindication  of  Congress. 

1774?  Public  Ledger.     London.  611 

"A  Londoner." 

1776.  Pennsylvania  Evening  Post.     Philadelphia.         612 

*%  See  No.  322. 

1776.  Affaires  de  1'Angleterre  et  de  I'Ame'rique.  613 

**#  See  No.  326. 

1777?  Journal  de  Paris.  614 

A  Subscriber. 

1785.  Memoirs  of  the  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society 
of  Manchester.     Vol.  n.  6l5 

***  Contains  Franklin's: 

"On  the  different  quantities  of  Rain  which  fall  at  different  heights 
over  the  same  spot  of  ground."    See  No.  356. 
" Meterological  Imaginations  and  Conjectures." 

1786.  Transactions   of  the  American   Philosophical   So- 
ciety. 6l6 


6l6-6l8]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [289 

Causes  and  Cure  of  Smoky  Chimneys.  n  r. 

Slowly  sensible  Hygrometer.  n>  $lf 

Stove  for  burning  Pit-coal.  n  57. 

Maritime  Observations.  II(  294. 

Formation  of  the  Earth.  m  x 

New  Theory  of  Light.  m>  ^ 

Queries  and  Conjectures.  ni,  Io> 

1787.  American  Museum.  616* 

i.  i.  Consolation  for  America. 

113.  Notes. 

125.  Parable  against  Persecution. 

243.  Speech  of  Polly  Baker. 

311.  Establishment  of  the  R.  I.  Mint. 

452.  Meteorological  Imaginations. 

II.         17.  Remarks  on  Paper  Money. 

86.  Origin  of  tobacco. 

87.  Way  to  make  Money  Plenty. 
211.  Advice  to  Emigrants. 

558.     Final  Speech  in  Convention, 
v.       109.     Increase  of  Mankind' 

313.  Gulf  Stream. 

233.  Positions  on  Trade. 

283.  A  Prussian  Edict. 

353.  Remarks  on  Smuggling. 

343.  Remarks  on  Indians, 

vi.      295.  Court  of  the  Press, 

vn.    101.  On  Privateering. 

265.  Petition  of  the  Left  Hand. 

314.  Way  to  Wealth. 
316.  Economical  Project. 

vin.     12.  Extracts  from  Autobiography. 

169.  The  Whistle. 

183.  The  Ephemerae. 

x.       336.  The  Slave  Trade, 

xi.       67.  Art  of  Dreaming. 

1788.  Repository  for  Select  Pieces.     London.  617 

1788.  May.     Letter  on  China. 

1789.  Federal  Gazette.  618 

1789.  Sept.  12. 

1790.  Mar.  25.     Historicus. 

19 


THREK. 


STATE  PAPERS  AND  TREATIES 


IN  THE  FORMATION  OF  WHICH 


FRANKLIN    AIDED.    «.  y 


**x  The  references  appended  to  these  titles  are  only  such  as  relate 
to  the  authorship  or  construction  of  each  paper,  and  to  its  correct 
title.  The  other  references  are  given  in  the  Reference  List. 


1775-  Declaration  to  Armies.  619 

***  See  Journals  of  Congress,  i,  126,  127,  143;  Jefferson's  Works,  i, 
u;  and  Ford's  Bibliography  of  the  Continental  Congress. 

1775.   Report  on  Lord  North's  Motion.  620 

***  See  Journals  of  Congress,  I,  174,  188;  Ford's  Bibliography  of  the 
Continental  Congress,  and  Jefferson's  Works,  i,  n. 

1775.  Articles  of  Association  in  Pennsylvania.  621 
**#  See  Minutes  of  the  Provincial  Council  of  Pennsylvania,  x,  297, 

307  and  308;  and  Hildeburn,  No.  3159. 

1776.  Declaration  of  Independence.  622 
#*#  See  Jefferson's  Works,  I,  18;  vn,  409;  vin,  500;  Adams'  Works, 

n,  512;  in,  221,  and  Ford's  Bibliography  of  the  Continental  Congress. 

1776.  Articles  of  Confederation.  623 

**#  See  Jefferson's  Works,  i,  31;  vni,  499;  Ford's  Bibliography  of 
the  Continental  Congress. 

1776.   Plan  of  Treaties.  624 

#*#  §te  Journals  of  Congress,  n,  208;  Adams'  Works,  i,  241;  11,  516; 
Ford's  Bibliography  of  the  Continental  Congress. 

1776.   Constitution  of  Pennsylvania.  625 

***  See  Adams'  Defence  of  the  Constitutions  of  the  United  States,  i; 
Adams'  Works,  ix,  622;  Wilson's  Memoir  of  William  White,  p.  69; 
Hildeburn,  No.  3455. 

1778.  Treaty  of  Amity  and  Commerce  with  France.     626 

*\  See  Lee's  Life  of  Arthur  Lee,  i,  377. 

1778.  Treaty  of  Alliance  with  France.  627 

1782.  Preliminary  Treaty  with  Great  Britain.  628 

1783.  Definitive  Treaty  with  Great  Britain.  629 

1783.  Treaty  with  Sweden.  630 

1784.  Consular  Convention.  631 
***  See  Jefferson's  Works,  i,  85;  ix,  38;  Ford's  Bibliography  of  the 

Continental  Congress;  Gazette  of  the  United  States,  Feb.  23,  1793. 

[293] 


632-633]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKUN. 


[295 


1785.  Treaty  with  Prussia.  632 

***  "The  best  lesson  of  humanity  which  a  philosophical  king 
(Frederick  II.),  acting  in  concert  with  a  philosophical  patriot  (Frank- 
lin), could  possibly  give  to  the  princes  and  statesmen  of  the  earth." 
Monthly  Review. 

1787.  Constitution  of  the  United  States.  633 

***  See  The  Madison  Papers,  or  Elliot's  Debates ',  v;  and  Yates' 
Secret  Proceedings  of  the  Federal  Convention. 


FOUR. 


WORKS 


CONTAINING 


LRTXERS   OK    KRANKLIN, 


Adams'  (John)  Works.  639 

Address  &  Recommendations  to  the  States,  by  the  U.  S. 

in  Congress.     1783.  640 

Alley ne's  (J.)  Legal  Degrees  of  Marriage.    London:  1775. 

641 

Almon's  (J.)  Biographical,  literary  &  political  Anecdotes. 

642 

Almon's  Remembrancer.  643 

American  Medical  &  Philosophical  Register.  644 

American  Notes  and  Queries,  i,  No.  I.  645 

Annual  Register.     (See  General  Index.)  646 

Atlantic  Monthly,  LXI,  21.  647 

Bizarre,  (The)  Philadelphia,  1854.  v.  648 

Brotherhead's  Centennial  Book  of  the  Signers  of  the  Dec- 
laration. 649 
Burke,  (E.)  Correspondence  of,  u,  27,  439.  650 
Century,  (The)  x,  260.  651 
Collector,  (The)  i,  No.  7.  653 
Correspondence  of  the  American  Revolution.  653 
De  Costa's  (B.  F.)  Soldier  &  Sage.  Philadelphia:  1876.  654 
Diplomatic  Correspondence  of  the  American  Revolution. 

655 

Diplomatic  Correspondence  of  the  U.  S.   1783-89.         656 

Denison's  (A.)  Catalogue  of  autograph  letters.     London: 

1888.  657 

Draper's  Essay  on  Autograph  Collections  of  the  Signers. 

658 
English  Historical  MSS.  Commission,  u  Report,  No.  v. 

659 
[299] 


660-691]             BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [301 

European  Magazine.  1802.  660 

Force's  American  Archives.  661 

Gentleman's  Magazine.  (See  General  Index.)  662 

Hale's  Franklin  in  France.  663 

Hazard's  Register  of  Pennsylvania,  v.  664 

Historical  Magazine.  665 

Jay's  Life  of  John  Jay.  666 

Keppell's  Memoirs  of  Rockingham,  n,  299.  667 

Lee's  Life  of  Arthur  Lee.  Boston:  1829.  668 
Letters  and  MSS.  of  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration. 

N.  Y.:  1871.  669 
Lettsom's  Works  of  John  Fothergill.  London:  1780.  670 

Littell's  Living  Age.  xxv.  671 

London  Magazine,  April,  1776.  672 

London  Magazine.  N.  s.  u.  London:  1825.  673 

Lossing's  Historical  Record.  674 
McNeile's  Lecture  on  Franklin.  Liverpool:  1851.  675 

Magazine  of  American  History.  676 

Maine  Historical  Soc.  Collections,  in.  677 

Massachusetts  Historical  Soc.  Collections.  678 

Massachusetts  Historical  Soc.  Proceedings.  679 

Morellet's  Memoires  inedit.  680 
New  England  Historical  &  Genealogical  Register,  xxvii, 

246.  68 1 

New  Hampshire  Historical  Soc.  Collections,  vi.  682 

New  Jersey  Archives.  683 

New  Jersey  Historical  Society  Proceedings,  x.  684 

New  Jersey  Revolutionary  Correspondence.  685 
N.  Y.  Historical  Soc.  Fund  Publications.  1871,  1872, 

1878.  686 

Niles'  Principles  and  Acts  of  the  Revolution.  687 

New  York  Documentary  History,  n.  688 

Notes  and  Queries.  689 

Papers  relating  to  the  case  of  Silas  Deane.  690 

Pennsylvania  Archives.  691 


692-709]             BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [303 

Pennsylvania  Magazine  of  History  &  Biography.  692 

Pennsylvania  Records.  693 

Percival's  Elegant  Extracts.  694 

Pitt,  (W.)  Correspondence  of.  695 

Portfolio,  i,  165.  696 
Pulteney's  Thoughts  on  the  present  state  of  affairs  with 

America.  London:  1778.  697 

Reed's  Life  of  Joseph  Reed.  698 

Sherburne's  Life  of  John  Paul  Jones.  699 

Smith's  Life  &  Correspondence  of  Rev.  William  Smith. 

Philadelphia:  1879.  700 

Stevens'  Historical  Collections,  i.  701 

Tyerman's  Life  of  George  Whitefield.  702 

Ty tier's  Life  of  Henry  Homes,  Lord  Kames.  703 

Virginia  State  Papers,  i.  704 

Webster's  Dissertations  on  the  English  Language.  705 

Weld's  History  of  the  Royal  Soc.  706 

Wells'  Life  of  Samuel  Adams.  Boston.  707 
Wilmot's  (J.  E.)  Historical  View  of  the  Commission  for 

American  Loyalists.  London:  1815.  708 

Young  Man's  own  Class  Book.  709 


KlVK. 


PSEUDONYMS 


USED  BY 


KR  ANKLIN. 


A.  B.    See  Nos.  270,  317, 

and  603.  710 

--Alice  Addertongue.    Pa. 

Gazette.  711 

,Anthony  Afterwit.      Pa. 

Gazette.  712 

A.  P.     See  No.  610.         713 

^Arator.     See  No.   605.    714 

A.  Z.     See  No.  605.         715 

A.  Z.     Pa.  Gazette.          716 

B.  B.     See  No.  10.  717 
--Benevolus.  See  No.  608.  718 

B.  F.    See  Nos.  605,  608 

and  608*.  719 

"Bonhomme  Richard.  See 

No.  113.  720 

-Briton,  A.    See  No.  605.  721 
-Busy-body.  See  No.  601.  722 
-Celia    Single.      Pa.  Ga- 
zette. 723 
'English     Editor,     The. 

See  No.  316.  724 

F.     See  No.  605.  725 

F.   f  S.     See   Nos.   603 

and  608.  726 

"  Father  Abraham.      See 

No.  107.  727 

F.  B.    See  Nos.  603,  605 

and  608.  728 

~  Francis  Lyon.     See  No. 
608.  729 


-Friend  to  both  Countries. 

See  No.  608.  730 

.  Friend  to  the  Poor.  See 

No.  610.  731 

F.  S.  See  Nos.  302  and 

605.  732 

Gentleman  Abroad,  A. 

See  No.  378.  733 

.Good  Conscience.  Bag- 
atelle. 734 
Hater  of  Scandal.  Craven 

St.  Gazette.  735 

Historicus.  See  No.  608.  736 
Homespun.  See  No. 

608.  737 

Honestus.  See  No.  608.  738 
-Indignation.  (Craven  St. 

Gazette.)  739 

J.  J.  See  No.  610.  740 
John  Paul  Jones.  See 

No.  345.  741 

Left  Hand,  The.  (Baga- 
telle.) 742 
Londoner,  A.  See  Nos. 

610  and  611.  743 

Lover  of  Britain,  A.  See 

No.  605.  744 

Medius.  See  Sparks,  II, 

368.  745 

Member  of  the  Assembly, 

A.  See  No.  282.  746 
[307] 


747-766]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[309 


"New  England.     See  No. 

608.  747 

-  New    Englandman,     A. 

See  Nos.  312,  605  and 

609.  748 
-N.   M.   C.   N.   P.   C.   H. 

See  No.  608.  749 

N.  N.     See  Nos.  303  and 

608.  750 

-Old  Tradesman,  An.  See 
No.  69.  751 

-  Pacificus.     See  No.  608.  752 
-Patience     (Busy    Body). 

See  No.  601.  753 

-Poor  Richard.     See  No. 

12.  754 

•"  Richard   Saunders.  See 
No.  12.  755 

-  Silence    Doogood.  See 

No.  3  756 


^Subscriber,   A.    Journal 

de  Paris.     177-?  757 

-Tradesman  of  Philadel- 
phia.    See  No.  64.       758 
Traveller,    A.     See  No. 

605-  759 

Twilight.  No.  608.  760 
Well-wisher  to  the  King 

and  all  his  Dominions, 

A.  See  No.  610.  761 
Well-wisher  to  his  King 

and  Country,  A.     See 

No.  320.  762 

'William  Franklin.  See 

No.  603.  763 

X.  Y.  (Pa.  Gazette.)  764 
X.  Y.  and  Z.  See  No. 

603.  765 

Z.  Z.  See  No.  610.  766 


SIX. 


WRITINGS 
WRONGFULLY   OR    DOUBTFULLY 


ASCRIBED  TO 


FRANKLIN. 


Hooped  Petticoats  Arraigned  and  Condemned  by  the 
Light  of  Nature  and  the  Law  of  God.  [Boston:  James 
Franklin.  1719.]  767 

***  In  the  Brinley  Catalogue  (lot  No.  7838),  it  is  suggested  that  this 
is  by  Franklin,  and  Mr.  McMaster  goes  farther  by  saying  "there  is 
much  reason  to  believe  that  he  was  .  .  .  the  author."  Whether  a 
catalogue  maker  has  a  right  to  make  his  wares  sell  for  a  higher  price 
by  ascribing  them  without  proof  to  a  celebrated  pen,  is  a  question  in 
ethics  for  Mr.  J.  Hammond  Trumbull,  but  such  "notes"  should  cer- 
tainly not  be  used  in  writing  the  literary  biography  of  the  said  pen. 

The  Infallibility  of  Human  Judgment  .  .  ,  By  Mr.  Lyons. 
London:  1724.  768 

#**  Mr.  Stevens  catalogued  this  in  such  a  way  as  to  make  Mr.  Swift 
think  that  it  contained  Franklin's  "Dissertation  on  Liberty  and  Ne- 
cessity," and»it  is  accordingly  so  entered  in  his  list.  It  does  not  how- 
ever contain  it. 

M.  T.  Cicero's  Cato  Major.     See  No.  44. 

Letters  between  Theophilus  and  Eugenic  .  .  .  Philadel- 
phia: 1747.  769 

#*#  Sabin  ascribes  this  to  Franklin  "on  the  authority  of  an  auction 
catalogue."  The  compiler  has  an  English  edition  printed  in  1720. 

Necessary  Truth.     See  No.  65. 

Memorial  of  the  Case  of  the  German  Emigrants.  London: 
1754.  770 

***  Sabin  gives  this  in  his  list  of  Franklin  titles,  but  does  not  au- 
thenticate it,  so  in  the  absence  of  proof  we  may  safely  conclude  it  is 
not  by  him. 

A  Brief  State  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania  .  .  .  Lon- 
don: 1755.  77 £ 

***  Rich  states  that  according  to  an  MS.  note  in  his  copy,  William 
Smith  was  assisted  in  this  by  Franklin.  As  it  is  in  direct  opposition 
to  the  latter's  opinions,  it  is  hardly  necessary  to  bring  forward  the  per- 
sonal enmity  between  the  two  to  disprove  it. 


772-780]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [315 

Historical  View.     See  No.  253. 
True  and  Impartial  State.     See  No.  260. 
Interest  of  Great  Britain.     See  No.  262. 
Continuation  of  the  Account  of  the  Pennsylvania  Hos- 
pital.    See  No.  99. 
The 'Quaker  Unmasked.     Philadelphia:  1764.  772 

*%  A  reply  to  this  charges  Franklin  with  writing  it.  Hildeburn 
states  it  was  written  by  David  James  Dove,  but  I  think  this  is  an  error. 

Cogitata  De  Cometis.    Communicated  by  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin.    London.     1767.  773 

***  This  is  by  John  Winthrop,  of  Harvard  College. 

Philosophical  Essays.     Edinburgh.     1768.  774 

***  Ascribed  to  Franklin  in  bookseller's  catalogue.     It  is  erroneous. 

Letters  to  several  friends  by  Arouet  de  Voltaire.     Trans- 
lated by  Benjamin  Franklin.     London:  1770.  775 

x\  Entered  under  Franklin  in  the  Catalogue  of  the  British  Museum. 
It  is  the  Rev.  Dr.  Franklin. 

A   Few   Reasons   in   favor  of   Vendues.      Philadelphia: 
1772.  776 

***  Sabin  places  this  in  his  Franklin  list.  I  think  it  is  certainly  not 
by  him. 

Principles  of  Trade.     See  No.  330. 

An  Appeal  to  the  Justice  and  Interest  of  the  People  of 
Great  Britain  .    .    .  London:  1774.  777 

*%  Almon  claims  that  Franklin  had  "a  considerable  share  in  the 
composition."  Arthur  Lee  unquestionably  wrote  it. 

A  True  State  of  the  Proceedings  in  the  Parliament  of 
Great  Britain.     London:  1775.  778 

***  Reprinted  as  Franklin's,  in  the  Prior  Documents,  and  from  there 
taken  by  Mr.  Sparks  for  his  edition  of  Franklin.  It  was  really  written 
by  Arthur  Lee,  from  material  furnished  by  Franklin. 

Plan  offered  by  the  Earl  of  Chatham,  to  the  House  of 
Lords London:  1774.  779 

***  Accredited  to  Franklin  by  some  of  the  contemporary  politicians 
and  newspapers.  See  Sparks'  Works  of  Franklin,  v,  51. 

View  of  the  Title  to  Indiana.     Philadelphia:  1776.       780 

***  Sabin  places  this  in  his  Franklin  list  with  a  query.  I  can  see  no 
present  reason  for  ascribing  it  to  him. 


781-784]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF  FRANKLIN.  [317 

Ledger  of  Doctor  Benjamin  Franklin.     See  No.  325. 

Matroco.     Drame  burlesque.     Paris:  1777.  781 

***  Accredited  to  Franklin's  pen  in  Affairt  de  VAngleterre  et  de 
VAmerique,  vn,  cxxviij. 

Address  to  the  Holders  of  British  Stock  in  Holland,   [n.  p. 
n.  d.]  782 

***  Included  in  MS.  list  of  Frankliniana  by  Henry  Stevens,  but  why 
I  cannot  say. 

Two  Letters  from  Dr.  Franklin.     See  No.  346. 
Constitution  of  the  Pennsylvania  Society  for  promoting 

the  Abolition  of  Slavery.     Philadelphia:  1788.  783 

#*#  Ascribed  to  Franklin  by  Mr.  Swift.     Franklin  was  in  France 

during  the  preparation  of  the  constitution,  and  so  could  hardly  draw  it. 

Avis  aux  faiseurs  de  Constitutions.     See  No.  382. 
An  Essay  on  the   African   Slave   Trade.      Philadelphia: 
1790.  784 

***  Sabin  improperly  ascribes  it  to  Franklin.    It  is  of  English  origin. 

Forged  Letters. 

#*#  The  .  .  .  English  papers  teemed  with  forged  letters,  long,  tedi- 
ous, flat  and  dull,  in  the  name  of  Dr.  Franklin  .  .  .  The  Doctor  de- 
clared them  all  forgeries.  John  Adams'  Works,  ix,  99. 


WORKS 

RELATING  TO,  WRITTEN  TO,  OR  DEDICATED  TO 

KR  ANKLIN. 


#**  Arranged  alphabetically  by  author  or  editor,  or  by  the  first  word 
of  title,  articles  excepted,  if  the  former  are  unknown. 


[Abbott,  Jacob.'] 

Franklin,  /  the  Apprentice  Boy  /  New  York:  /  Harper 
&  Brothers,  Publisher.  [1855.] 

iamo.     pp.  1 60,  plates.  B.     790 

***  Sabin  (No.  25610)  gives  a  title:  "  Franklin  the  Apprentice.  New 
York.  Harper  &  Brother  1856,"  which  I  presume  is  the  same  as  the 
above. 

Abbott,  John  Stevens  Cabot. 

American  Pioneers  and  Patriots  /  Benjamin  Franklin  / 
A  Picture  of  the  /  Struggles  of  our  Infant  Nation,  /  one 
hundred  years  ago  /  By  John  S.  C.  Abbott  /  .    .    .  /  Illus- 
trated /  New  York:  /  Dodd,  Mead  &  Company,  Publishers. 
[1876.] 

I2mo.     pp.  vii,  5-373,  plates.  B.     791 

Abbott,  J.  S.  C. 

Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Printer's  Boy,  Statesman,  Philoso- 
pher, /  and  Patriot.  /  By  John  S.  C.  Abbott  /  with  numer- 
ous illustrations  /  London :  /  Ward,  Lock  &  Co. ,  /  Warwick 
House,  Salisbury  Square,  E.  C. 

I2tno.     pp.  iv,  (2),  6-373.  792 

The  Addition  to  the  Epitaph,  without  the  Copperplate/ 
[Philadelphia:  Anthony  Armbruster.  1764.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  P.     793 

*%  A  burlesque  in  the  form  of  a  prayer,  by  David  James  Dove?" 
Title  and  note  from  Hildeburn.  See  No.  997. 

An  Advertisement,  and  not  a  Joke.  /  A  Speech  there  is 
which  no  Man  spoke:  [Philadelphia:  William  Bradford.] 

4to.     Broadside.  P.     794 

***  See  McMaster's  Benjamin  Franklin,  p.  186. 

[Almon,  John.~\ 

Benjamin  Franklin  [in  Biographical,  -Literary  and  Po- 
litical Anecdotes]  London:  1797. 

Vol.  ii,  pp.  175-344-  795 

21  [321] 


795~8°4]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [333 

*\  A  sketch  of  Franklin  by  a  printer  who  had  much  intercourse 
with  him  in  his  second  visit  to  England. 

An  Answer  to  Mr.  Franklin.     See  No.  278. 

Annual  Dinner  /  of  the  /  Typothetae  /  Of  New  York  / 
in  honor  of  the  birth-day  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  .  .  .  / 
Tuesday,  January  lyth,  1884. 

8vo.     pp.  14,  covers.  796 

***  Many  of  the  speeches  relate  to  Franklin. 

[Same]  1885. 

8vo.     pp.  n,  covers.  797 

[Same]  1886. 

8vo.     pp.  15,  covers.  798 

[Same]  1887. 

8vo.    pp.  12,  covers.  799 

[Same]  1888. 

8vo.     pp.  14,  covers.  800 

An  /  Answer  /  to  the  /  Plot  /  [Philadelphia:  Anthony 
Armbruster.  1764] 

Folio.     Broadside.  p.     801 

***  "Ten  Verses  not  very  complimentary  to  Franklin."    Title  and 
note  from  Hildeburn.     See  Nos.  855  and  937. 

Appergu  Hazarde".     See  No.  859. 
Aquarone,  Bartolomeo. 

Vita  di  Benjamino  Franklin.  Milano:  P.  Carrera.   1867. 
Min.     pp.  "6.  802 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

Arman,  Bly. 

1,'Art  de  faire  sa  fortune  de  1'AqueVir,  d'Augmenter  de 
la  Conserver,  par  un  ancien  ouvrier  devan  millionaire,  ou 
La  vie  de  Benjamin  Franklin  en  exemplis  ine*dit  de  la  sci- 
ence de  bonhomme  Richard.  Paris:  1872. 

8vo.    pp.  1 6.  803 

The  /  Author  /  of/  Quaker  Unmask' d,  /  strip' d  /  Stark 
Naked,  /  Or  The  /  Delineated  /  Presbyterian  /  Play'd  /  Hob 
With.  /  Philadelphia.  /  Printed  [by  Anthony  Armbruster] 
in  the  Year  M,DCC,LXIV. 

8VO.      pp.  12.  P.  H.  S.      804 


804-810]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [335 

*%  Charges  Franklin  with  being  the  author  of  The  Quaker  Un- 
masked, whom  it  attacks  both  on  that  and  political  grounds. 
Bache,  Alexander  Dallas. 

Attempt  /  to  fix  the  date  of  the  observation  /  of  /  Doctor 
Franklin  /  in  relation  to  the  /  North  East  Storms  /  of  the/ 
Atlantic  Coast  of  the  United  States  /  By  A.  D.  Bache.  / 

/  From  the  Journal  of  the  Franklin  Institute  / 

Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  Jesper  Harding.  /  1833. 

8vo.    pp.  6.  B.    805 

\Bache,  Richard  Meade.  ] 

(Reprinted  from  Penn  Monthly  for  May,  1882.)  /  The 
Lost  Papers  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  [Philadelphia.  1882.] 

8vo.     pp.  18.  806 

Baker,  P.  Carpenter. 

Franklin.  /  An  Address  /  delivered  before  /  The  New 
York  Typographical  Society,  /  on  /  Franklin's  Birthday  / 
January  17,  1865  /  By  Peter  C.   Baker.   /  New  York:  / 
Baker  &  Godwin,  Printers  /  .    .    .  /  1865. 

8vo.     pp.  28.  B.     807 

*%.  Mr.  Baker  has  also  delivered: 

European  Recollections.     An  Address  ...  on  Franklin's  Birthday, 
January  17,  1861  .    .    .  New  York.     1861.  808 

A  Battle!  A  Battle!  A  Battle  a  Squirt;  /  Where  no  Man 
is  kill'd,  and  no  Man  is  hurt!  /  To  the  Tune  of  /  Three  new 
blue  Beans,  in  a  new  blue  blown  Bladder;  /  rattle  Bladder, 
rattle  Bladder!  /  To  which  is  added,  /  The  /  Quaker's  Ad- 
dress, versifi'd;  /  and  /  King  Wampum,  on  Harm  watch 

Harm  /  catch.   / /  [Philadelphia:]    Printed  [by 

Andrew  Stewart]  and  sold  at  the  Blue-Nose,  near  /  Brazen- 
Nose-College,  Germantown.   [1764.] 

Sm.     8vo.    pp.  ii,  (i),  plate.  809 

**#  The  plate  represents  Franklin  in  his  study  with  a  not  over-com- 
plimentary accompanying  stanza.     See  Hildeburn,  No.  1959- 

Bauer,  J.  C.  B. 

Franklin  and  Washington  /  oder  /  Sammlung  /  der  /  merk- 
wiirdigsten  bekannten  Zuge  /  aus  /  dem  Leben  dieser  um 
Amerika  verdienten  Manner  /  Von  /  Johann  Christian  Au- 


8lO-8l8]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [327 

gust  Bauer  /  Prediger  zu  Giildengossa  Leipzig.  /  Berlin. 
1806.  /  In  der  Frolich'schen  Buchhandlung. 

izmo.     pp.  xiv,  350.  810 

\_Beaumarchais,  Pierre  Auguste  Car  on  deJ\ 

Le  Voeu  de  toutes  les  Nations  et  1'Interet  de  toutes  les 
puissance  dans  1'abbaissement  et  1'  Humiliation  de  la 
Grande  Bretagne.  [n.  p.]  1778. 

8vo.    pp.  (6),  74.  811 

***  Dedicated  to  Franklin. 

+  Second  Edition,  corrige'e  par  1'Auteur.   [n.  p.]  1778. 

8vo.     (2),  74.  812 

Benjamin  Franklin.     A  Book  for  all.     See  No.  889. 

Benjamin  Franklin  /  "Doer  of  Good"  /  A  Biography  / 
.    .    .  /  Edinburgh  /  William  P.  Nimmo.   [186-?] 

I2mo.     pp.  326,  portrait.  B.     813 

Benjamin  Franklin  /  ' '  Doer  of  Good  "  /  A  Biography  / 
.    .    .  /  Edinburgh  /  William  P.  Nimmo.  /  1872. 

121110.     pp.  322,  plates.  B.  H.  s.    814 

#*#  Also  issues  with  change  of  date. 

Bessiere,  L. 

La  Jeunesse  de  Franklin.     Senlis:  1866. 

I2I110.       pp.  8l5 

Bessiere,  J.  F. 

Franklin.  Come'die  historique  en  cinq  actes  et  en 
prose.  Par  J.  F.  Bessi£re.  Paris:  1'auteur.  1838. 

8vo.     6  sheets.  816 

Bettziech-Beta,  H. 

Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Sein  Leben,  Denken  und  Werken. 
/  Von  /  Heinr.  Bettziech-Beta.  /  Leipzig:  /  F.  A.  Brock- 

haus.  /  1853. 

8vo.    pp.  (4),  108.  8l7 

"Unterhaltende  Belehrungen  zur  Forderung  allgemeiner  Bildung. 
Band  18." 

B.  Franklin;/ Virvixit  integer,  liber  obit,  /  Regnatur 
innotatus:  /  Pri.  Gall.  Lib.  An.  M.DCC.XC. 

Sm.  4to.    Broadside.  N-    8l8 


819-823]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [329 

Biddle,  James. 

To  the  /  Freeholders  and  Electors  /  Of  the  Province  of 
Pennsylvania.  [Philadelphia:  William  Bradford.  1765.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  819 

***  A  savage  attack  on  Franklin  and  his  party.  It  is  signed  James 
Biddle,  but  William  Franklin  says  the  principal  officers  of  the  Gov- 
ernment employed  Biddle  to  read  it  aloud  to  the  public.  See  No.  855. 

Bigelow,  John.     See  No.  4.24.. 
Bigelow,  John. 

Franklin,  A  Sketch.  Boston:  Little,  Brown,  &  Co.   1879. 

Min.     pp.  30.  B.     820 

Elaine,  James  G.  See  Nos.  900-1. 
Bloomfield,  O.  B.  F.  See  No.  004. 
Boucher,  J. 

A  /  View  /  of  the  /  Causes  and  Consequences  /  of  the  / 

American  Revolution  / /By  Jonathan  Boucher, 

.'  .   .    .  / /London:/.    .   .  /  M.DCC.XCVIL 

8vo.     pp.  (6),  xciv,  (2),  596.  821 

** ' *  The  tenth  discourse  "on  the  character  of  Ahitophel"  is  clearly, 
in  spite  of  the  author's  partial  disclaimer,  intended  to  represent  Frank- 
lin, and  the  "Appendix"  to  it  is  made  up  of  one  of  the  most  unfair 
and  untruthful  attacks  ever  made  on  him. 

Boyhood  and  Manhood.     See  No.  890. 

A  /  Brief  Memoir  /  of  /  the  Life  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin 
Franklin,  /  with  an  appendix.  /  Compiled  for  the  use  of 
Young  persons.  /  New  York:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  Mahlon 
Day,  /  At  the  New  Juvenile  Book-store,  /  No.  372,  Pearl 
Street  /  1824. 

Min.     pp.  90,  plate.  822 

Brinley,  F. 

Address  /  delivered  before  /  The  Franklin  Debating  So- 
ciety /  in  /  Chauncey  Hall,  January  17,  1830,  /  being  the 
Celebration  of  /  their  Seventh  Anniversary  /  and  /  the  Birth 
of  Franklin  /  By  Francis  Brinley,  Jr.  /  Boston:  /  Printed 
for  the  Society,  by  Isaac  R.  Butts.  /  M.DCCCXXX. 

8vo.    pp.  16.  B.    823 


824-828]  BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN.  [33! 

Brougham,  J. 

French's  Standard  Drama  /  No.  CLXVI.  /  Franklin:  / 
A  new  and  Original  /  Historical  Drama  /  in  /  Five  Acts.  / 
By  John  Brougham,  Comedian.  /  .....  /  New-  York:  / 
Samuel  French  I  ...  I  [1856] 

I2mo.     pp.  27,  (i),  cover.  p.     824 

Brown,  H.  S. 

Lectures  to  the  Men  of  Liverpool,  /  by  /  Hugh  Stowell 
Brown.   /  Poor  Richard's  Almanac  /  Fourth  Edition.  / 
Price  One  Penny.  /  Liverpool:  /  Gabriel  Thomson,  .    .    .  / 


12010.    pp.  142.  825 

Burdick,  W. 

An  /  Oration  /  on  the  /  Nature  and  Efiects  /  of  the  /  Art 

of  Printing.  /  Delivered  /  In  Franklin  Hall,  July  5,  1802, 

/  before  the  /  Boston  Franklin  Association,  /  By  /  William 

Burdick  /  .....  /  Printed  by  Munroe  &  Francis,  Bos- 

ton .    .    .  1802. 

8vo.    pp.  31.  826 

Butler,  J.  M.  ,  editor. 

Franklin  /  before  the  Privy  Council  /  White-Hall  Chapel, 

London,  1774,  /  on  behalf  of  the  /  Province  of  Massachu- 

setts, /  to  advocate  the  removal  of  Hutchinson  and  Oliver. 

/  Philadelphia:  /Published  by  John  M.  Butler,  /  242  Chest- 

nut Street.  /  1859. 

8vo.     pp.  v,  134,  plate.  827 

y.\  This  is  a  reprint  of  a  chapter  from  Bancroft,  No.  916,  and  Lord 
Chatham's  speech.  It  was  prepared  by  J.  M.  Butler  as  an  advertise- 
ment of  the  engraving  of  a  picture. 

Cadet,  Felix. 

Histoire   de   1'  Economic    politique.      Les    pr£curseurs  : 
Adam  Smith,  Franklin,  .....  Paris:  Guillaumin.  1871. 

8vo.     pp.  8z8 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

Caritat.     See  No.  841. 

Casette  Verte.     See  Nos.  975-6. 


829-834]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [333 

Catalogue  of  Books.     See  Nos.  968-9. 
Cantwell,  Edward. 

Benjamin  Franklin.  Oxford,  N.  C. :  Published  by  the 
Franklin  Society.  1867. 

8vo.     pp.  31.  B.  A.     829 

Cecil,  E. 

Life  of  Franklin,  Written  for  Children.  By  E.  Cecil. 
Boston :  Crosby,  Nichols  and  Company.  1859. 

Min.    pp.  B.  A.    830 

Celebration  /  The  One  Hundred  Eighty-Third  Anni- 
versary /  Birthday  of  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Tremont  House, 
Chicago,  January  17,  1889.  /  "Strange  that  Ulysses  does  a 
thousand  things  /  so  well" — Iliad  /  [Chicago.  1889.] 

8vo.     pp.  (4),  covers.  831 

\_Chalmers,  George.'] 

Second  Thoughts:  /  or,  /  Observations  /  upon  /  Lord 
Abingdon's  Thoughts  /  on  the  /  Letter  of  Edmund  Burke, 
Esq.  /  To  the  Sheriffs  of  Bristol.  /  By  the  author  of  the  / 

Answer  to  Mr.   Burke' s  Letter  / /  London:  / 

Printed  for  T.  Cadell,  .    .    .  /  M.DCC.LXXVII. 

8vo.     pp.  (4),  72.  832 

***  Lord  Abingdon  had  spoken  of  Franklin  as  a  "great  philanthro- 
pist and  friend  of  liberty."  This  stirred  Mr.  Chalmers  into  a  savage 
and  rather  lengthy  philippic  against  Franklin,  a  fair  idea  of  which  may 
be  gathered  from  the  following  passage:  "Trained  in  the  hardy  school 
of  private  treachery,  stained  with  the  honourable  blood  of  injured 
friendship,  he  thought  he  was  qualified  to  be  a  public  traitor — and  he 
did  not  err.  Unhappy  man  !  His  ambitious  villainy  is  stopt  for  want 
of  space." 

+  Second  Edition.     London:  .   .   .  1777. 

8vo.    pp.  (4),  74-  833 

Chaplin,  J. 

Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  By  Jeremiah  Chaplin. 
Boston.  D.  Lothrop  &  Co.  1876. 

Min.     pp.  834 

Chatenet.     See  No.  853. 


835-841]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [335 

City  Document.     See  No.  912. 

City  Document     No.   26  /  City  of  Boston.  /  Franklin 
Fund  I  ...  I  April  n,  1853. 

8vo.     pp.  7.  835 

***  A  report  by  the  Committee  appointed  to  examine  the  accounts 
and  a  history  of  the  Franklin  fund. 

City  of  Boston  /  Ceremonies  /  at  the  /  Inauguration  /  of 
the  /  Statue  of  Franklin,  /  September  17,  1856.  /  Boston:  / 
Geo.  C.  Rand  &  Avery,  /  City  Printers,  /  No.  3,  Cornhill. 
/  1856. 

Min.     pp.  16.  836 

City  of  Boston  /  Inaugural  of  the  Statue  /  of  /  Benjamin 
Franklin.  / /  Aug.  23,  1856. 

4to.     Broadside.  B.     837 

*%  An  account  of  the  celebration. 

Coombe,  T. 

A  /  Sermon  /  Preached  before  the  Congregations  of  / 
Christ  Church  and  St.  Peter's  /  Philadelphia,  /  On  Thurs- 
day, July  20,  1775.  / /By  Thomas  Coombe, 

M.  A.  / /Philadelphia:/.    .   . /M,DCCLXXIV. 

8vo.    pp.  (4),  29.  p.  H.  s.    838 

***  Dedicated  to  Franklin.     There  are  other  editions  as  follows: 
+  Second  Edition  /  Philadelphia:  /  .   .   .  /  M.DCC.LXXV. 

8vo.     pp.  4,  29.  839 

+  Philadelphia  /  Printed,  /  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  Reprinted  .   .    . 

1775- 

8vo.     pp.  23.  840 

Comme  on  Devient.     See  No.  84.7. 

{Condorcet,  Marie  Jean  Antoine  Nicolas  de  Caritat,  Mar- 
quis deJ\ 
£loge  /  de  /  M.  Franklin,  /  Lu  a  la  stance  publique  de 

1' Academic  /  des  Sciences,  le  13  Nov.  1790  / / 

A  Paris,  /  Chez  Pyre,  Libraire,  rue  de  la  Harpe,  No.  51.  / 
Petit,  Libraire,  au  Palais  Royal,  No.  250.  /  1791. 

8vo.     pp.  (2),  42,  covers.  S.  D.     841 

*\  Also  printed  in  (Euvres  de  Condorcet,  ill,  372. 
Condorcet. 
lyofreden  /  over  /  den  Heer  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  In 


842-847].  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [337 

eene  openbare  zitting  van  de  Akade-  /  mie  der  Weten- 
schappen  te  Parijs,  den  /  XIII.  van  November,  1790,  uit- 
gesproken,  /  door  den  Heer  /  De  Condorcet.  /  Uit  het  Fransch 
vertaald.  / /  Te  Rotterdam,  /  Bij  J.  Meyer,  / 1791. 

8vo.     pp.  (4),  68.  842 

Costa,  Benjamin  Franklin  De,  editor. 

Soldier  and  Sage  /  Memorials  /  of  /  George  Washington 
/  and  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Philadelphia:  /  McCalla  & 
Stavely.  /  1876. 

Min.     pp.  18,  covers.  843 

The  Counter  Medley,  being  a  proper  answer  to  all  the 
Dunces  of  the  Medley  and  their  Abettors.  [Philadelphia: 
1764.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  p.     844 

*\  A  political  squib  on  Franklin  and  his  party. 

Courcy,  De.     See  No.  865. 
De  Courcy.     See  No.  86$. 
De  Groot.     See  No.  94.4. 
De  Lescaux.     See  No.  899. 
Demoulin,  G. 

Biblioth£que  /  des  E;coles  et  des  Families.  /  Franklin  / 
par  /  Mme  Gustave  Demoulin  /  Deuxieme  Edition  /  Paris 
/  Librairie  Hachette  et  Cie.  /  79,  Boulevard  Saint-Germain, 
79/I882/.  .  . 

Min.     pp.  36,  covers.  845 

Deschanel,  E. 

Bibliotheque  /  des  Ecoles  et  des  Families.  /  Benjamin 
Franklin  /  Par  Emile  Deschanel  /  Paris  /  Libraire  Hach- 
ette et  Cie  /  79,  Boulevard  Saint-Germain,  79  /  1882  /  .    . 
lamo.     pp.  191,  (i),  covers.  B.     846 

D*  Estaing.     See  No.  859. 

Douay,  E.,  editor. 

Comme  on  devient  un  Homme  d'apr£s  les  ide"es  de  Ben- 
jamin Franklin.  [Edited  by  Edmund  Douay.j  Paris: 

]  8.7 

I2mo.     pp.  °47 

22 


848-854]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [339 

Dove,  D.  J.     See  No.  793. 
\Duane,  William  J\ 

Remarks  /  upon  /  a  Speech  /  Delivered  by  /  Mrs.  E.  Cady 
Stanton!  /  during  the  /  Summer  of  1870.  /  Philadelphia:  / 
Merrihew  &  Son,  Printers,  No.  135  North  Third  Street. 

[1870-1?] 

8vo.    pp.  7.  848 

#\  Mrs.  Stanton,  in  her  speech  (see  N.  Y.  World,  June  4th,  1870), 
had  charged  Franklin  with  having  a  good  time  in  Europe,  while  he 
left  his  wife  at  home  to  take  care  of  his  children  and  property! 

\Duane,  William,  editor. ~\ 

Letters  /  to  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  From  /  his  Family 
and  Friends  /  1751-1790.  /  New  York:  /  C.  Benjamin  Rich- 
ardson, /  348  Broadway.  /  1859. 

4to  &  8vo.     pp.  195.  849 

***  10  copies  quarto,  250  copies  octavo.  Reviewed  in  London  Athe- 
nczum,  July  23,  1859,  and  in  Historical  Magazine,  HI,  30.  An  "  Er- 
ratum "  is  given  in  the  Historical  Magazine,  HI,  66. 

Dubourg,  Jacques  Barbeu. 

Petit  Code  de  la  Raison  Humane.     Paris:  1774. 

8vo.     pp.  850 

#*#  Dedicated  to  Franklin. 
+  Passy:  Private  Press  of  Franklin.     1782. 

8vo.     pp.  851 

+  Paris:  1789. 

o.    pp.  852 

Du  Chatenet. 

Benjamin  /  Franklin  /  Sa  Vie,  ses  succe"s  /  Dans  Part  de 
faire  le  bien  /  Par  E.  Du  Chatenet.  /  Limoges  /  Eugene 
Ardant  et  Cie,  £diteurs. 

I2mo.     pp.  180,  plate.  P.  H.  S.     853 

Durgin,  C. 

An  /  Oration  /  delivered  before  /  the  Franklin  Debating 
Society,  at  their  Anniversary,  January  17,  1831,  /  being 
the  /  Birth-Day  of  Franklin  /  By  Clement  Durgin  /  Pub- 
lished by  Request.  /  Boston:  /  Published  by  John  H.  East- 
burn.  /  1831. 

8vo.    pp.  23,  covers.  854 


855-860]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [341 

Dwight,  Theodore  F.     See  No.  901. 

The  Election.  Humbly  Inscribed  to  the  Saturday 
Nights  Club  in  Lodge  Alley.  [Philadelphia:  1765.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  p.     855 

*%  This  and  Nos.  801,  819  and  856,  all  relate  to  Franklin's  attempted 
re-election  to  the  Pennsylvania  Assembly.  Many  other  pieces  which 
relate  more  or  less  to  the  Pennsylvania  politics  of  the  time,  and  there- 
for to  Franklin,  will  be  found  in  Hildeburn's  Issues  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Press. 

The  Election  a  Medley,  Humbly  Inscribed  to  Squire 
Lilliput,  Professor  of  Scurrility.  /  Philadelphia:  1764. 

Folio.     Broadside.  p.     856 

ISloge.     See  No.  84.1. 
Eisner,  Heinrich. 

Befreiungskampf  den  Nord-Amerkanischen  Staaten. 
Mit  den  Lebensbeschreibungen  der  vier  beruhmtesten 
Manner  derselben,  Washington,  Franklin,  Lafayette  und 

Kosciuszko Stuttgart:  J.  Scheible.     1835. 

8vo.    pp.  (i),  768,  plates.  B.  A.     857 

Emmons,  N. 

The  Dignity  of  Man.  /  A  /  Discourse  /  Addressed  to  the 
Congregation  in  /  Franklin,  /  Upon  the  occasion  of  their 
receiving  from  Dr.  Franklin,  /  The  Mark  of  his  Respect 
in  a  rich  /  Donation  of  Books,  /  Appropriated  to  the  Use 
of  a  Parish-Library  /  By  /  Nathaniel  Emmons,  /  Pastor  of 
the  Church  in  Franklin.  /  Providence.  /  Printed  by  Bennett 
Wheeler,  /  West-Minster  Street.  /  [1787.] 

8vo.    pp.  48.  B.    858 

\Estaing,  Comte  Charles  Hector  £>'.] 
Appercu  Hazard^  /  sur  1' Exportation  /  dans  les  Colonies 

/  De'die'  a  feu  M.  Franklin  / /A  Paris,  De  1'Im- 

primerie  de  L.  Potier  de  Lille,  /  rue  Favart,  No.  5.     1790. 

Svo.     pp.  (2),  64.  859 

Examination.     See  No.  986. 
Farine,  C. 

Benjamin  /  Franklin  /  Docteur  en  Droit  / / 


860-865]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [343 

D'apres  les  documents  authentiques  recueillis  dans  ses 
oeuvres  posthumes  et  dans  ses  papiers  de  famille.  /  Par 
Charles  Farine,  /  Avocat  a  la  cour  Royale  de  Paris.  I  ...  I 
.  .  .  I  Tours,  /  R.  Pornin  et  Cie,  Imp.-Libraires-^di- 
teurs.  /  1846. 

I2mo.     pp.  (4),  284,  portrait.  860 

Fauchet,  Claude. 

Eloge  Civique  /  de  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Prononce",  le 
21  Juillet  1790,  /  Dans  la  Rotonde,  /  Au  nom  de  la  Com- 
mune de  Paris,  /  Par  M.  l'Abb£  Fauchet.  / /A 

Paris,  /  Chez  J.  R.  Lottin, /  G.  I*  Bailly,  .    .    . 

.    .  /  Viet.  Desenne,  .    .    .  /  J.  Cussac,  .    .    ./M.DCC.XC. 
8vo.     pp.  (2),  50.  861 

Fauchet. 

Eloge  Civique  /  [*86i*]  /  Par  M.   1'Abbe  Fauchet.  / 

/  [n.  p.]     1790. 

8vo.    pp.  32.  862 

Fields,  James  Thomas. 

Ode  /  for  the  Inauguration  of  /  Franklin's  Statue,  /  .    .    . 
Sept.  17,   1856.   /  Written  by  James  T.  Fields.   /  Set  to 

music  by  /  Nathan  Richardson  / /  Printed  by 

Stacy  &  Richardson,  n  Milk  Street  /  Boston.  [1856.] 

8vo.     Broadside.  B.     863 

First  Annual  Parade  /  of  the  /  Boston  /  Fire  Depart- 
ment / /for  the  Inauguration  of  the  /  Franklin 

Statue.   /  Geo.   C.   Rand  &  Avery,   Printers,  3  Cornhill, 
Boston.     [1856.] 

4to.     pp.  (4).  B.    864 

Francis,  ? 

Franklin  /  A  Passy,   /  ou  /  Le  Bonhomme  Richard  / 

Vaudeville  anecdotique  en  un  acte,  /  par  MM.  Francis  et 

Decourcy  /  represent^,  pour  la  premiere  fois  a  Paris,  /  sur 

le  theatre  du  palais  royal,  le  19  Mai  1832.  /  Prix:  /  Fr.  5oc. 

/  Paris,  /  Quoy,  Libraire-Editeur,  /  au  Magazin  ge'ne'ral  de 

pieces  de  theatre,  /  boulevard  Saint-Martin,  No.  18.  / 1832. 

8vo.    pp.  34,  (2).  865 


866-870]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [345 

Franklin,  J. 

Life  and  Times  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  by  J.  Franklin 
and  J.  A.  Headington.  4th  edition.  St.  Louis:  J.  Burns. 
1880. 

8vo.    pp.  866 

*%  Title  from  The  American  Catalogue. 

Franklin,  William. 

The  Answer  of  his  Excellency  William  Franklin,  Esq. ; 

.    .    .  /  .    .    .to  the  invidious  Charges  of  the  Proprietary 
Party,  Con-  /  tained  in  a  Libel,  read  by  Mr.  James  Biddle 

.    .    .  /  .    .    .on  Saturday  last,  and  afterwards  published 
and   industriously  dispersed    through   the   /   Province.  / 
[Philadelphia:  B.  Franklin  and  D.  Hall.     1765.] 

Folio.     Broadside.  867 

***  See  No.  819. 

Franklin,  W.  T.     See  No.  561. 

Franklin  Desiderata.     See  No.  968. 

Franklin  before  the  Privy  Council.     See  No.  827. 

Franklin  Festival.  /  The  New  York  Typographical  So- 
ciety I  ...  I  i49th  Anniversary  of  the  birth  of  /  Benja- 
min Franklin,  /.../...  Jan.  i7th,  1855.  /[Programme 

of]  Literary  and  Musical  Exercises.  / /  Baker, 

Godwin  &  Co. ,  Printers,  i  Spruce  Street.     New  York. 

Folio.     Broadside.  868 

Frankliniana,  /  ou  /  Recueil  d' Anecdotes,  bons  Mots,  / 
Reflexions,  Maximes  et  Obser-  /  vations  de  Benjamin 
Franklin;  I  ...  I  Par  Un  Ame"ricain  /  A  Paris,  /  Chez 
Tiger,  Imprimeur-Libraire,  rue  du  Petit-Pont  St-Jacques, 
No.  10.  [about  1815.] 

Min.     pp.  108,  portrait.  869 

Franklin  Medallion.     See  No.  876. 

Franklin  Memorial  Window  /  for  the  /  New  University 
Building.  [Philadelphia:  1871.] 

8vo.    pp.  (3).  870 

***  A  report  by  the  Committee,  asking  for  money. 


871-876]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [347 

The  Franklin  Statue.     [New  York:  1871.] 

4to.     Broadside.  871 

**»  A  statement  that  subscriptions  for  the  pedestal  for  De  Groot's 
statue  are  payable  to  Samuel  Sinclair. 

Franklin   Statue!   /  The  Verd  Antique  Marble  Co.   / 
[Boston:  1856.] 

4to.     Broadside.  872 

*%  A  description,  in  the  form  of  an  advertisement  of  the  statue. 

Franklin  the  Apprentice.     See  No.  790. 

From  the  Illustrated  Magazine  of  the  Eighth  Exhibition 
/  under  the  direction  of  the  Massachusetts  /  Charitable 
Mechanic  Association.  /  The  Seventeenth  of  September, 
1856. 

4to.     pp.  (3).  873 

***  An  account  of  the  Boston  statue  of  Franklin. 

Gilpin,  H.  Dilwood. 

The  Character  of  Franklin.  /  Address  delivered  before  / 

the  Franklin  Institute  of  Pennsylvania,  /  on  the/  Evening 

of  the  Fourth  of  December,  1856.  /  By  Henry  D.  Gilpin. 

/  Philadelphia.  /  King  &  Baird,  Printers,  No.  607  Sanson 

Street.  /  1857. 

8vo.     pp.  50,  covers.  874 

Goodrich,  S.  G.     See  No.  905. 
Green,  S.  Abbott. 

The  /  Story  of  a  Famous  Book:  /  An  Account  /  of  /  Dr. 
Benjamin  Franklin's  Autobiography  /  By  /  Samuel  A. 
Green,  M.  D.  /  Boston:  /  For  Private  Distribution.  /  1871. 

8vo.     pp.  14,  covers.  875 

*%  A  few  copies  reprinted  from  the  Atlantic  for  February,  1871. 

Green  Box.     See  No.  973. 
Groot,  A.  De.     See  No.  944. 

\Groux,  Daniel  E.~\ 

'  Franklin  Medallion  /  Struck  for  the  /  Inauguration  /  of 

the  /  Statue  of  Franklin,  /  Boston,  /  September  i7th,  1856.  / 

8vo.     pp.  (4),  P^te.  S.  D.     876 


877~885]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [349 

Hale,  E.  Everett. 

Franklin  in  France.  /  From  Original  Documents,  /  most 
of  which  are  now  published  for  the  /  first  time.  /  By  /  Ed- 
ward E.  Hale  /  and  /  Edward  E.  Hale,  Jr.  /  Part  I.  /  The 
Alliance.  /  Boston:  /  Roberts  Brothers.  /  1888. 

2  Vols.  8vo.  pp.  xvi,  (2),  478,  4  plates.— (10),  470,  portrait.   B.     877 
***  Review  by  F.  J.  Turner  in  The  Dial,  vni,  7;  ix,  204;  The  Na- 
tion, xuv,  368;  AthencEum  for  1887,  n,  77;  and  by  J.  B.  McMaster  in 
The  Atlantic,  i,x,  318. 

Harpel,  O.  H. 

A  Franklin  Memento.  By  Oscar  H.  Harpel.  Cincin- 
nati, 1877. 

o.     pp.  4.  878 

Headington,  J.  A.     See  No.  866. 
Hildebrand,  R. 

Benjamin  Franklin  /  als  Nationalokonom  /  von  /  Dr. 
Richard  Hildebrand  /  (Separatadruck  aus  B.  Hildebrand's 
Jahrbiichern  fur  National-  /  okonom  und  Statistik  Bd.  I.  S. 
577-602  und  S.  643-678)  /  Jena,  /  Druck  und  Verlag  von 
Friedrich  Manke.  /  1868. 

8vo.    pp.  61.  879 

Hill,  G.  C. 

Benjamin  Franklin  /  A  Biography  /  by  George  Canning 

Hill  /  New  York:  /  R.  Worthington,  770  Broadway  /  1884. 

i2mo.    pp.  333,  plate.  880 

Holley,  Orville  Luther. 

The  Life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  By  O.  L.  Holley.  / 
Boston:  /  Published  by  Bazin  &  Ellsworth,  /  13  Washing- 
ton Street.  [1848?] 

8vo.    pp.  (2),  468,  20  plates.  881 
#*#  Also  re-issues  with  the  following  imprints: 

+  Boston:  Sanborn,  Carter,  Bazin  &  Co.     [n.  d.]  882 

4-  Boston:  John  Philbrick,  62  Hanover  Street,     [n.  d.]  883 

-f  Philadelphia:  G.  G.  Evans.     1860.  884 

4-  New  York:  G.  F.  Coolidge  &  Brother,     [n.  d.]  885 

Horn,  W.  O.     See  No. 


886-890]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [35! 

Hugenholtz,  Petrus  Hermannus. 

Benjamin   Franklin   /   Door  /   P.  H.    Hugenholtz,   Jr. 
[Amsterdam:  Roeloffzen  &  Hiibner.     1871.] 

i2mo.     pp.  24.  886 

Hulbert,  Charles. 

Biographical  Sketches  /  of  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  / 
General  Washington,  and  Thomas  Paine  /  with  /  an  Essay 
/  on  /  Atheism  and  Infidelity  /  By  C.  Hulbert  I  ...  I 
London  /  Published  by  G.  &  W.  B.  Whittaker,  for  C.  Hul- 
bert, .../.../  1820. 

Min.    pp.  iv,  (2),  90,  portrait,  covers.  P.  H.  S.    887 

Humble  Attempt.     See  No.  888. 

\Hunt,  Isaac •.] 

A  /  Humble  Attempt  /  at  /  Scurrility.  /  In  Imitation  of  / 
Those  Great  Masters  of  the  Art  /  the  Rev.  Dr.  S[mi]th; 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Al[iso]n;  the  Rev.  /Mr.  Ew[i]n[g];  the  Ir- 
reverend  D.  J.  D[o]ve;  and  the  Heroic  /  J[oh]n  D[ickin- 
so]n,  Esq. ;  /  Being  a  /  Full  Answer  /  to  the  /  Observations 
/  on  /  Mr.  H[ughe]s's  /  Advertisement.  /  By  Jack  Retort, 
Student  in  Scurrility.  /  Quilsylvania:  Printed,  1765.  [Phil- 
adelphia: Anthony  Armbruster.] 

8vo.     pp.  42,  (i).  P.     888 

***  John  Hughes  offered  to  give  five  pounds  to  the  Pennsylvania 
Hospital  if  the  charges  against  Franklin  could  be  proved  true.  This 
advertisement  called  out  a  savage  attack  on  Franklin,  to  which  the 
above  is  a  reply. 

\Hutchins,  Samuel.~\ 

Benjamin  Franklin:  /  A  Book  /  for/  The  Young  and  the 
Old.  /  For  All.  /  Cambridge:  /  Printed  for  the  Author.  / 
MDCCCUI. 

i2mo.    pp.  36.  889 

#**  Also  issues  with  change  of  date. 

Hutchinson,  T.     See  No.  916. 

\Hyde,  Mrs.  Anna  MJ\ 
The  /  Boyhood  and  Manhood  /  of/  George  Washington 


890-894]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [353 

/  and  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Centennial  Edition.  /  New 
York:  /  The  World  Publishing  House,  I  ...  I  1876. 

I2mo.     pp.  255,  viii,  288.  890 

*%  Each  sketch  has  a  separate  title. 

Ide,  Simeon.     See  Nos.  159  and  188. 

\_Ide,  Simeon."] 

The  Young  Franklinsonian.   /  Grandfather's   Story:  / 
Written  for  Children  /  of  /  Mechanics  and  Farmers,  /  by 
their  Well  Wisher.  /Hartford,  Connecticut  :/Wm.  L.  Mott, 


Min.     pp.  128,  (7).  891 

**#  In  1816  Mr.  Ide  published  an  edition  of  Poor  Richard,  to  which 
he  prefixed  a  brief  life  of  Franklin.  This  is  reprinted  in  the  above, 
together  with  some  of  Franklin's  essays,  and  an  autobiography  of  Mr. 
Ide,  who  still  lives. 

Interesting  Collection  of  Modern  Lives;  with  Observa- 
tions on  the  Characters  and  Writings  of  the  following 
Eminent  Men,  Jeffrey  Lord  Amherst,  .....  Dr.  Ben- 
jamin Franklin  .....  London:  G.  Riebau.  1792. 

8vo.    pp.  892 

**#  Title  from  Sabin. 

In  the  Senate  of  the  United  States  /  May  i,  1882,  Or- 
dered to  be  printed.  /  Mr.  Hoar,  from  the  Joint  Committee 
on  the  Library,  submitted  the  fol-  /  lowing  /  Report:  / 

8vo.     pp.  7.  893 

***  "47th  Congress,  ist  Session.  .Senate  Report  No.  504."  Advising 
the  purchase  of  the  Stevens  Franklin  Collection. 

Jewett,  J.  L. 

Franklin—  His  Genius,  Life  and  Character.  /  An  /  Ora- 
tion /  delivered  before  the  /  N.  Y.  Typographical  Society, 
/  on  the  occasion  of  /  The  Birthday  of  Franklin,  /  at  the  / 
Printers'  Festival,  /  field  January  17,  1849.  /  By  /John  L. 
Jewett.  /  .  .  .  /  New  York:  /  Harper  &  Brothers,  .  .  .  / 
M.DCCC.XLIX. 

8vo.     pp.  37,  covers.  S.  D.     894 

Jonhanneaud,  P.     See  No. 
23 


895-9°°]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [355 

Jordan,  T. 

Benjamin  Franklin  /  and  Popular  Ethics.  /  A  Lecture 
delivered  before  the  /  St.  Michaus  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association,  /  by  the  /  Rev.  Thomas  Jordan,  A.  M.  / 

/  Dublin:  /  Hodges,   Smith,   and  Company  / 

Grafton-Street  .    .    .  /  1864.  / 

izmo.    pp.  26.  895 

Joseph  and  Benjamin.     See  No.  936. 

Kelt,  Karl  Julius. 

Lebensbeschreibung  Benjamin  Franklin's,  des  that- 
kraftigen  Mannes  und  freisinnigen  Volksfreundes.  Eine 
Volksschrift.  Leipzig:  Klinkhardt.  1848. 

8vo.     pp.  896 

*%  Title  from  Swift. 

Knowles,  William  J. 

Features  of  Inauguration  /  of  the  /  Franklin  Statue  in 
Boston,  /  September  i7th,  1856.  /  By  W.  J.  Knowles.  / 
Boston:  /  Printed  for  the  Author.  /  1856. 

lamo.    pp.  12.  897 

Laboulaye,  E.     See  No.  24,6. 

Le  Roy,  Julien  David. 

Lettre  /  A  M.  Franklin,  /  Sur  les  Navires  des  Anciens 
sur  ceux  /  des  Modernes,  /.../...  Par  M.  Le  Roy,  / 

/A   Paris,    Chez   Nyon  .../...  M.DCC.- 

LXXXVIL 

8vo.    pp.  (4),  43,  Pla*e.  «98 

Lascaux,  Paul  de. 

Benjamin  Franklin,  sa  vie,  ses  ouvrages,  ses  decouver- 
tes.  Mirecourt,  Humbert.  1864. 

Min.  899 

***  Title  from  Sabin. 

Letter  /  from  /  The  Secretary  of  State  /  transmitting  /  A 
Communication  from  Benjamin  F.  Stevens  /  .    .    .'/  .    .    • 
stating  that  he  is  authorized  to  sell  .../...  "Henry 


900-904]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [357 

Stevens  Franklin  collection  of  manuscripts  and  Books."  / 

January  20,  1881  / [Washington:  1881.] 

8vo.    pp.  5.  900 

***  "46th  Congress,  3d  Session.     Senate.     Ex.  Doc.     No.  25." 

Letter  from  /  The  Secretary  of  State,  /  transmitting  /  A 
report  of  Theodore  F.  Dwight  on  the  papers  of  Benjamin 
Franklin  /  offered  for  sale  by  Mr.  Henry  Stevens  .    .    ,  / 
/  Washington  I  ...  I  1881. 

8vo.     pp.  99.  9oi 

*\  "47th  Congress,  1st  Session.  Senate.  Mis.  Doc.  No.  21."  Con- 
tains a  reprint  of  No.  966. 

A  /  Letter  /  to  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  L  L.  D.  /  Fellow  of 
the  Royal  Society  /  In  which  his  Pretensions  to  the  Title 
of  Natural  /  Philosopher  are  Considered.  / /  Lon- 
don: /  Printed  for  J.  Bew,  No.  47,  Paternoster-Row;  and 
sold  by  Messrs.  /  Fletcher,  Parker,  and  Prince,  at  Oxford. 
/  M.DCC.LXXVIL 

8vo.    pp.  24.  902 

***  It  attacks  Franklin  chiefly  because  he  was  self-educated  and  had 
worked  at  a  press.  From  an  allusion  in  the  Critical  Review  the  author 
was  apparently  connected  with  Oxford  University. 

***  Savagely  reviewed  in  the  Monthly  Review,  i,vin,  126,  and  the 
Critical  Review,  xi,v,  79. 

Letters  of  Governor  Hutchinson.     See  No.  gi6. 
Letters  to  Benjamin  Franklin.     See  No.  849. 
Levray,  A. 

Petite  Bibliotheque  de  1'Enfance  /  Benjamin  Franklin  / 
par  /  Alph.  Levray  /  Paris  /  J.  Bonheure  et  Cie,  Editeurs 
/  48,  Rue  de  Lille,  48.  /  1878. 

8vo.     pp.  72,  portrait.  903 

The  Life  and  Adventures  of  Obadiah  Benjamin  Franklin 
Bloomfield,  M.  D.,  a  native  of  the  United  States,  now  on  a 
tour  of  Europe.  Written  by  himself.  Philadelphia:  for 
the  proprietor.  1818. 

I2mo.     pp.  xi,  219.  9°4 

***  "A  squib  on  Franklin's  Memoirs."    Title  and  note  from  Swift. 

The  Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin.     Illustrated  by  Tales, 


905-909]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKUN.  [359 

Sketches  and  Anecdotes.     New  York:  Collins  &  Hannay. 
1832. 

Min.     pp.  180.  905 

**#  This  is  classed  by  S.  G.  Goodrich  among  the  "spurious  Parley 
books,  and  he  adds  a  note  stating  that  "The  name  of  Parley  is  not  in 
the  title  page,  .  .  ,  but  is  put  upon  the  back,  and  they  are  sold  as 
Parley  books,  but  without  authority."  As  the  copyright  is  in  the 
name  of  S.  G.  Goodrich,  it  is  difficult  to  understand  what  the  above 
note  means.  The  following,  and  No.  908,  are  editions  of  the  same 
book. 

The  /  Life  /  of  Benjamin  Franklin  /  Illustrated  by  /  Tales, 
Sketches,  and  Anecdotes  /  adapted  to  the  use  of  Schools.  / 
With  engravings  /  Philadelphia:  /  Thomas  Cowperthwait 
and  Co.  /  No.  253  Market  Street.  /  1842. 

T2mo.     pp.  181,  plate.  S.  D.     906 

The  Life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  L  L.  D.  /  Printed 
and  Sold  by  George  Nicholson,  Poughnill  near  Ludlow,  / 
[n.  d.] 

Min.     pp.  (2),  56,  covers.  907 

x\  By  an  error,  this  title  was  given  among  the  editions  of  the  auto- 
biography (No.  297).  It  is,  however,  a  worthless  little  chap  book  life. 

Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin.     See  Nos.  926  and  1002. 

Lives  of  Washington  and  Franklin.     By  Peter  Parley. 
London.     Tegg.     1839. 

i2mo.    pp.  908 

***  Title  from  English  Catalogue  of  Books.    See  No.  905. 

Loughborough.     See  No.  889. 

Lubimoff,  A.  N. 

[Benjamin  Franklin  (In  Russian).    Moscow:    Katkoff. 

typ.  of  the  University.     1881.] 

o.    pp.  909 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

Lyon,  J. 

Remarks  /  on  the  /  Leading  Proofs  /  offered  in  favor  of 
the  /  Franklinian  System  /  of  /  Electricity;  /  with  experi- 
ments /  to  shew  the  Direction  of  the  Electric  Effluvia,  / 
visibly  passing  from  what  has  been  termed  /  negatively 
Electrified  /  Bodies.  /  By  the  Rev.  John  Lyon,  Dover,  Kent. 


910-914]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [361 

/ /  London:  /  Printed  by  J.  Phillips,  .    .    .  /  and 

sold  by  J.  Dodsley, /  M,DCC,XCI. 

8vo.     pp.  47,  (i).  9IO 

McMaster,  J.  B. 

American  Men  of  Letters.  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  As  a 
Man  of  Letters.  /  By  /John  Bach  McMaster,  I  ...  I  Bos- 
ton: /  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Company.  I  ...  I  The  Riv- 
erside Press,  Cambridge.  /  1887. 

I2mo.     (10),  293,  (4),  portrait.  911 

#*#  Prof.  McMaster  has  told  so  much  of  this  side  of  Franklin's  life, 
that  had  not  the  introduction  to  this  list  been  already  virtually  written, 
I  should  not  have  added  it.  It  is  reviewed  by  Lindsay  Swift  in  The 
Nation,  xi<vi,  98;  by  W.  Ray  in  The  Dial,  vm,  218;  and  in  The  At- 
lantic, i,x,  318. 

\McLeary,  Samuel  F.~\ 
City  Documents.— No.  89,  /  City  of  Boston.  /  A  Sketch 

/  of  the  /  Origin,  Object  and  Character  /  of  the  /  Franklin 
Fund,  /  for  the  benefit  of  /  Young  Married  Mechanics  /  of 

/  Boston.  /  Published  by  order  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen. 

/  1866. 

8vo.     pp.  38,  portrait.  912 

McNeile,  H. 

(The  Profits  of  this  work,  both  in  England  and  America, 
will  be  applied  /  in  aid  of  the  London  Printers'  Pension 
Society.)  /  A  Lecture  /  on  the  /  Life  of  Dr.  Frank- 
lin. /  By  /  the  Rev.  Hugh  M'Neile,  A.  M.  /  As  delivered 
by  him  at  the  Liverpool  Royal  Amphitheatre,  /  on  Wed- 
nesday evening,  iyth  Nov.  1841,  /  with  the  addition  of  a 
prefatory  /  note  to  the  reader  /  by  /  John  B.  Murray,  Esq. 
/  of  New  York.  /  Liverpool:  /  Printed  and  published  by 
Mitchell,  Heaton  and  Mitchell,  I  ...  I  London:  W.  E. 
Painter  .../.../  1841. 

8vo.     47,  plate,  facsimile,  covers.  9J3 

+  Published  by  /  Henderson  Greene,  New  York.  /  Carey  and  Hart, 

Philadelphia;  .   .   .  / /  1841. 

8vo.     pp.  42,  (2),  facsimile.  9J4 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OP  FRANKLIN.  [363 

Mason,  H. 

Poetry  /  A  Poem  delivered  before  /  The  Franklin  Debat- 
ing Society  /  in  /  Chatmcey  Hall,  January  17,  1830  /  being 
the  celebration  of  their  Seventh  Anniversary  /  By  Henry 

Mason  / /  Boston:  /  Printed  for  the  Society,  By 

Isaac  R.  Butts.  /  MDCCCXXX. 

8vo.     pp.  B.    915 

\Mandit,  Israel,  editor. ,] 

The  /  Letters  /  of  /  Governor  Hutchinson,  /  and  /  Lieuten- 
ant-Governor Oliver,  &c.  /  Printed  at  Boston.  /  And  Re- 
marks thereon.  /  With  /  the  Assembly's  Address  /  and  the 
/  Proceedings  /  of  the  /  Lords  Committee  of  Council.  / 
Together  with  /  The  Substance  of  Mr.  Wedderburn's 
Speech  /  relative  to  those  Letters.  /  London:  /  Printed  for 
J.  Wilkie,  at  Number  71,  in  /  St.  Paul's  Church-Yard. 
MDCCLXXIV. 

8vo.    pp.  (4),  126.  916 

#**  Between  the  covers  of  this  pamphlet  is  the  most  dramatic  inci- 
dent in  Franklin's  life.  The  letters  of  Hutchinson  and  Oliver,  ob- 
tained by  Franklin  by  means  still  unknown  and  transmitted  by  him 
to  Massachusetts  (where  they  set  the  country  ablaze),  were  made  the 
excuse  for  the  attempted  destruction  of  Franklin,  and  Alexander 
Wedderburn's  "philippic  "  against  him  for  this  action  is  hardly  to  be 
equalled  for  savageness  and  personality  when  the  place  of  delivery, 
occasion,  and  standing  of  the  two  men  is  considered.  From  the  eth- 
ical standpoint,  the  attack  seems  in  a  measure  justified,  yet  what  Wai- 
pole  called  the  "pert  oration"  has  left  no  slur  on  Franklin's  charac- 
ter, while  its  author  has  sunk  into  an  insignificance  from  which  even 
Junius'  saying  that  there  was  "something  about  him  which  frightened 
even  treachery,"  could  not  save  him. 

-f-  The  Second  Edition  /  London:  /  Printed  for  J.  Wilkie,  at  Number 
71  in  /  St.  Paul's  Church-Yard.  MDCCLXXIV. 

8vo.     (4),  142.  917 

Mayhew,  H. 

Young  Benjamin  Franklin; /or, /The  Right  Road  through 
Life.  /  A  Story  to  show  /  how  Young  Benjamin  learnt  the 
principles  /  which  raised  him  from  a  printer's  boy  to  the  / 
First  Embassador  of  the  American  Republic,  /  A  Boy's 
Book  on  a  Boy's  own  Subject.  /  By  /  Henry  May  hew  / 


918-923]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [365 

/With  illustrations  by  John  Gilbert  /  London: 

/  Griffin,  Bohn  and  Company  /  .    .    .  /  1861. 

lamo.     pp.  xvi,  534.  9I8 

-f  Seventh  Thousand  /  London:  /  James  Blackwood  &  Co.  Lovell's 
Court .   .   .  [n.  d.] 

o.     pp.  918* 
+  New  York:  Harper  Brothers,     [n.  d.] 

Min.     pp.  919 

Memorial  of  the  Inauguration.     See  No.  961. 
Memoirs  of  Benjamin  Franklin.     See  No.  998. 
Mich  eels,  J. 

Benjamin   Franklin,    /   Een    Levensbeeld,   /  door  /  J. 
Micheels,  /  Leeraar  aan  het  Konin  Klyk  Athenaeum  te 
Gent  /  Gent,  '/  Boekhandel  W.  Rogghe  (J.  Vuylsteke)  / 
Kalanderburg,  13.  /  1878. 

izrno.     pp.  vii,  120,  covers.  920 

Mignet,  Frangois  Marie  Augnste. 

Petits  Trace's  /  Public's  par  /  1' Academic  de  Sciences  / 
Morales  et  Politiques.  /  Vie  /  de  Franklin,  /  a  1' Usage  de 
tout  le  monde.  /  Par  M.  Mignet,  /  de  la  section  d'Histoire 
Ge'ne'rale  et  Philosophique.  /  Premiere  Partie.  /  Paris,  /  Pag- 
nerre,  lyibraire  I  ...  I  Paulin  et  Cie,  I  ...  I  Firmin  Didot 
Freres,  Libraires,  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  /  1848. 

2  Vols.  I2mo.  pp.  230,  covers. — 87-230,  covers.  921 

Mignet,  F.  M.  A. 

Benjamin  Franklin  /  Eine  Biographic  /  von  /  F.  A. 
Mignet  /  Aus  dem  Franzosischen  von  Dr.  Ed.  Burchardt. 
/  Leipsig  /  Verlag  von  Carl  B.  Lorck.  /  1855. 

i2tno.     pp.  (4),  143,  (9),  covers.  922 

Mignet,  F.  M.  A. 

Een  Man  uit  het  Volk ;  /  als  Voorbeeld  hoe  men  door  eigen 
vlijt  en  dengd  /  tot  rijkdom  en  aanzien  kan  geraken  / 
voorgesteld  in  het  leven  van  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  door  / 
F.  M.  A.  Mignet.  /  Naar  het  Fransch  /  door  /  Mr.  G.  Mees 
Az  /  Een  Volksboek  /  Te  Deventer,   Bij  /  A  Ter  Gunne. 

I2mo.     pp.  xii,  175,  (2),  portrait,  covers.  923 


924-929]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKUN.  [367 

Mignet,  F.  M.  A. 

Mignet  /  Vie  de  Franklin.  /  Avec  Commentaire.  /  Edi- 
tion Ste*re*otype.  /  Munsters,  /  Imprimerie  et  Libraire  de 
Theissing. 

Min.    pp.  212,  cover.  924 

Milan,  C. 

Denkwurdigkeiten  /  zur  Geschichte  /  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin's /  von  /  C.  Milon  /  .  .  .  /  St.  Petersburg,  1793  /  bey 
Johann  Zacharias  Logan. 

i2mo.    pp.  (2),  no.  925 

Mirabeau.     See  No. 


Montgomery,  H.     See  No. 
\Moon,  William.~\ 

Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Volume  I.  /  Embossed  in 
/  Dr.  Moon's  Type  for  the  Blind  /  Published  at  Moon's 
Institution  for  Embossing  and  Circulating  /  .    .    .  Books 
.    .    .  for  the  Blind  .    .    .  /  Brighton,  Sussex. 

2  Vols?    Oblong.    8vo.  826 

Mornington,  Earl  of.     See  No.  995. 

New  York  Typothetse.  /January  17,  1889.  /  One  Hundred 
and  Eighty-third  Anniversary  of  the  Birth  Day  of  /  Benja- 
min Franklin.  [Menu.  Homer  Lee  Bank  Note  Co.  N.  Y.] 

I2mo.     pp.  (8).  927 

Nixon>  W. 

Prosody  made  Easy.  /  .....  /By  the  Rev.  William 
Nixon,  A.  B.  /  Formerly  Principal  of  the  Dublin  Academy. 
/  .....  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  sold  by  William 
Spotswood,  /  .....  /  M.DCC.LXXXVI. 

8vo.     xvi,  (3),  36.  9s8 

.a.**  Dedicated  to  Franklin. 

Nollet,  Jean  Antoine. 

Lettres  /  sur  /  I'£lectricit6.  /  .....  /  Par  M.  l'Abb£ 
Nollet.  /  .....  /A  Paris:  H.  L.  Gue"rin.  /  .    .    .  /  .    . 
.    .    .  /M.DCC.LIII. 

I2mo.     pp.  xi,  (i),  264.  929 

***  "  Nine  letters;  six  of  which  are  addressed  to  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin."    Note  from  Swift. 


930-928]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [369 

Norton,  J.  N. 

Life  /  of  /  Doctor  Franklin.  /  By  John  N.  Norton,  A.  M. 

/   Rector   of  Ascension   Church,    Frankfort,    Kentucky; 

.    .    .  / /  New  York:  H.   B.   Price,  884  Broad- 
way. /  1861. 

I2mo.     pp.  258,  (9),  portrait.  S.  D.    930 

***  Reviewed  in  Historical  Magazine,  v,  95. 
+  Claremont,  N.  H.:  S.  Ide.     1861. 

Min.    pp.  931 

+  Kentucky:  S.  F.  M.  Major  &  Co.     1861. 

Min.     pp.  932 

Observations  /  On  a  late  /  Epitaph,  /  In  a  Letter  from  a 
Gentleman  in  the  /  Country,  /  To  his  Friend  in  Philadel- 
phia; I  ...  I  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  Anthony  Arm- 
bruster,  in  Arch-street,  /  by  whom  all  Manner  of  Printing- 
work  is  /  done,  both  in  English  and  German,  with  /  the 
greatest  Accuracy  and  Expedition.  [1764.] 

8vo.     pp.  8.  P.     923 

***  See  No.  997. 

\_Oertel,  Phillip  Friedrich  Wilhelm.~\ 

^Benjamin  granflin.  /  gebendnlb  eine$  S(jrntmanne3  in  2lmerifa.  / 
£)er  3ugent>  unt  tern  SSoIfe  erjatylt  /  »on  SD.  D.  ».  £orn.  /  9ten>  gjorf. 

/  g.  eteiger.  / 1865. 

Min.    pp.  77,  4  plates.  924 

Oertel,  P.  F.  W. 
Benjamin  Franklin  [+924+]  Zweite  Auflage.  Wiesbaden: 

Julius  Niedner.     1869. 

Min.    pp.  116.  925 

Order  of  Exercises  /  at  the  Inauguration  of  the  Statue  / 
of  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  September,  1856. 

4to.     Broadside.  B-     926 

L'Origine  del  Fulmine.     Poemetto.     Pisa:  1777. 

8vo.     pp.  16.  927 

***  "  Dedicated  to  Franklin."     Title  and  note>om  Swift. 

Parker,  Theodore. 

Franklin  [in  Historic  Americans.]     Boston:  1870. 

i2mo.    pp.  312.  928 

*%  Reviewed  by  Edmund  Quincy  in  The  Nation,  Feb.  2,  1871. 

24 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [371 

Parley,  Peter.     See  No.  905. 
Parton,  J. 

Life  and  Times  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin.  /  By  /  James 
Parton,  /.../.../.../.../  Vol.  I.  /  New-  York: 
Mason  Brothers,  No.  7  Nassau  St.  /  .  .  .  /  .  .  .  /  London  : 
Triibner  &  Co.  60  Paternoster  Row  /  1864. 

2  Vols.  8vo.  pp.  627,  2  portraits.  —  707,  2  portraits.  929 

#%  Between    the    "old    school"   imaginative   biography    of  Mr. 

Weems  and  the  "  new  school"  critical  biography  of  Prof.  McMaster, 

this  biography  may  be  said  to  be  the  half-way  post.     It  is  the  most 

elaborate  yet  written,  and  as  popular  taste  seems  to  have  altered  in  re- 

gard to  the  length  of  biography,  it  is  likely  to  remain  such.     It  is  re- 

viewed in  London  Athentzum,  1864;  North  American  Review,  July, 

1864;  Atlantic,  Sept.   1864;  London  Quarterly,  xxm,   483;  LittelVs 

Living  Age,  i,xxxiv. 

***  Reissues  as  follows: 

+  New  York:  Mason  Brothers  .....  1865.  930 

***  A  limited  edition  of  one  hundred  copies  in  quarto  size. 
+  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields.     1867.  931 

-f-  Boston:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.     [n.  d.]  932 

Paul  Jones,  ou  propheties  sur  I'Amerique,  1'Angleterre 

.....  [etc.]      Dedie"   a   S.    B.    Mgr.    PArnbassadeur 

Franklin  .....  De  1'ere  de  1'Independance  de  rAme"- 

rique  1'an  V. 

8vo.     pp.  120.  934 

Pictorial  life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  embracing  / 
Anecdotes  /  illustrative  of  his  character.   /   Embellished 
with  Engravings.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Lindsay  and  Blakiston, 


i6mo.     pp.  208.  935 

***  Also  issue  dated  1847  on  title. 

[Playfair,  William.] 

'  Joseph  /  and  Benjamin  (  A  /  Conversation  /  Translated 
from  a  French  /  Manuscript.  /  London:  /  Printed  at  the 
Logographic  Press/  for  J.  Murray  .  .  .  /MDCCLXXXVIL 

I2mo.     pp.  (4),  xv,  (i),  238,  portrait.  936 

***  This  is  evidently  a  skit  on  the  intended  meeting  between  Frank- 
lin and  Joseph  II.  of  Austria.     It  is  decidedly  silly. 


937-941]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [373 

Plain  Dealer.     See  No.  996. 

The  /  Plot.  /  By  way  of  a  /  Burlesk,  /  To  turn  F[rankli]n 
out  of  the  Assembly;  between  H[ockley].  and  P[ugh]; 
Proprietary  Officers,  being  two  /  of  the  Wiser  Sort.  [Phil- 
adelphia:] Printed  [by  Anthony  Armbruster]  in  the  Year 
1764. 

Folio.     Broadside.  937 

***  See  Nos.  780,  801  and  855. 

Priestley,  Joseph. 

Some  /  Account  /  of  a  new  /  Electrometer  /  contrived 
by  /  Mr.  William  Henley,  /  and  of  several  /  Electrical  Ex- 
periments /  made  by  him ;  /  In  a  Letter  from  Dr.  Priestley, 
F.  R.  S.  /  To  Dr.  Franklin,  F.  R.  S.  /  London  /  W.  Bow- 
yer  and  J.  Nichols.  /  M.DCC.LXXIIL 

4to.    pp.  8,  plate.  938 
Printers'  Banquet  /  Celebration  /  of  the  /  I47th  Anni- 
versary /  of  the  birth  of  /  Benj.  Franklin  / /  Jan- 
uary 17,  1853.  / /  [New  York:]  George  F.  Nes- 

bitt  &  Co.  .    .    . 

Folio.     Broadside.  939 

Preusker,  C. 

(Sutenberg  unt  granffin.  /  Sine  geftgabe /  jum  uierten  Subitaum  bet/ 
Srftntmng  fcer  23ucl}brucfetfunft  /  jugtetcfy  /  mit  2lntrag  sur  ©ritnbung 
son  /  ©tabt-  unt>  Dorf-33ibltotf)efen.  /  8Uen  33u$bru<fern,  Sto$$anb- 
lent,  ®etef)rten,  /  iiberfyaupt  /  alien  beutfc&en  SKannern,  /  tt>el$e  an 
fortfcfyreitenber  9ftenfc^eit$*23iltmng  /regen  2fntfyetl  nefymen,  /  gerottmtet 
/  »on  /  garl  3>reu$fer,  /  ^onigl.  @flc^f.  9tentamt«mann  311  ©rofjen^rt, 
Sflttter  bed  St.  <S.  Si»iI-S?erbien|lorben«.  /  Set^ig,  1840  /  SSerlag  »on 
^einric^  SCeinebel. 

8vo.     pp.  (2),  64,  covers.  94<> 

»*#  Reviewed  in  Leipziger  Tageblatt,  March  17,  1840. 

Proceedings  /  at  the  /  Printers'  Banquet,  /  held  by  the 
N.  Y.  Typographical  Society,  /  on  the  occasion  of  /  Frank- 
lin's birth-day,  Jan.  17,  1850,  /  at  /  Niblo's,  Broadway  / 
New  York:  /  Charles  B.  Norton  /  .    .    .  / 1850. 

8vo.    pp.  64,  covers.  941 


942-94^]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [375 

Proceedings  /  in  /  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
United  States,  /  on  /  the  Presentation  /  of  /  the  Sword  of 
Washington  /  and  the  /  Staff  of  Franklin  /  February  7, 
1843.  /  Washington:  /  Gales  and  Seaton  /  1843. 

8vo.     pp.  15.  B.     942 

Proceedings  /  of  the  /  Franklin  Typographical  Society, 
/  at  the  observance  /  of  the  /  Semi-Centennial  of  its  Insti- 
tution, /January  17,  1874;  /with  a  brief  Historical  Sketch. 
/  Boston:  /  Published  by  the  Society  /  1875. 

8vo.     pp.  60,  covers.  943 

Reasons  on  which  were  founded.     See  No.  2yj. 

Record  /  of  the  /  Proceedings  and  Ceremonies  pertaining 

/  to  the  erection  of  /  the  Franklin  Statue  /  in  Printing- 
House  Square,  /  Presented  by  Albert  De  Groot,  /  to  the 
Press  and  Printers  of  the  City  of  New- York  /  New- York : 

/  Francis  Hart  &  Co.  .    .    .  /  1872. 

8vo.     pp.  104,  plate.  944 

Reddingius,  Wibrandus  Gerardus. 

Het  leven  von  B.  Franklin,  een  leerboek  voor  kinderen. 

Gronigen,  1807. 

8vo.    pp.  945 

***  "Oettinger  mentions  an  edition  in  1816."    Title  and  note  from 
Swift. 

Regnier, ?  editor. 

Recueil  /  des  /  Loix  Constitutives  /  des  /  Colonies  An- 

'  gloises,  / /  De'die'  a  M.  le  Docteur  Franklin.  / 

A  Philadelphia  [Paris] /  M.DCC.LXXVIII. 

lamo.     (10),  370.  946 

+  En  Swisse,  chez  les  libraires  AssociSs.     M.DCC.LXXVIII. 

I2tno.     pp.  (12),  370.  947 

Remarks.     See  No.  848. 
Rice,  R. 

Observations  /  on  /  The  Expectation  of  Lives  / 

/  In  a  letter  from  /  Mr.  R.  Rice,  F.  R.  S.  /  to  /  Benjamin 
Franklin  .  .  .  /  London,  /  Printed  by  W.  Bowyer  and  J. 
Nichols.  /  MDCCLXIX. 

4to.     pp.  39-  94S 


949~954]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [377 

Riquetti,  Honore  Gabriel,  Comte  de  Mirabeau. 

Discours  /  du  Comte  de  Mirabeau.  /  Dans  la  Stance  du 
ii  Juin,  /  sur  la  Mort  /  de  Benjamin  Francklin.  [sic.]  / 
Imprime*  par  ordre  de  P  Assemble  National.     [Colophon.] 
A  Paris,  /  Chez  Baudouin,  Imprimeur  de  PAssemble'e  / 
Nationale,  rue  du  Foin  St.  Jacques,  No.  31.  /  1790. 

8vo.    pp.  3.  949 

**#  "Proces  Verbal  No.  315."  This  little  leaflet  is  unknown  to  all 
former  bibliographers  of  Franklin.  The  "Discours"  is  reprinted  in 
Mirabeau's  Works,  and  "Extracts"  are  printed  in  Bingham's  "Co- 
lumbian Orator-" 

Romayne,  T. 

A  /  Letter  /  from  /  Thomas  Romayne,  Esq.  /  to  /  Benja- 
min Franklin  .  .  .  /  Inclosing  an  account  of  /  some  Ob- 
servations /  on  /  Atmospherical  Electricity  / / 

London,  /  Printed  by  W.  Bowyer  and  J.  Nichols.  /  M.DCC.- 
LXXII. 

4to.     pp.  10,  plate.  950 

Roy,  Le.     See  No.  898. 
Ruelle,  Charles. 

La  Science  Populaire  /  de  /  Claudius  /  Simple  discours 
sur  toutes  chose.  /  Sur  la  Vie  /  de  Franklin.  /  A  Paris,  /  Chez 
Jules  Renouard,  Libraire,  /  Rue  de  Tournon,  No.  6  /  1837. 

Min.     pp.  4,  214,  covers.  B.     951 

Rush,  B. 

An  /  Oration  /|  delivered  before  the  /  American  /  Philo- 
sophical Society /.  .  .  2 7th  of  February,  1786;  / 

/  By  Benjamin  Rush,  M.  D.  /  Philadelphia;  /  Printed  by 
Charles  Cist.  /  MDCCLXXXVL 

4to.  pp.  (6),  40.  952 

***  Dedicated  to  Franklin.  See  Sparks'  Works  of  Franklin,  x,  255. 
+  The  Second  Edition.  /  Philadelphia,  Printed: / London,  Reprinted; 
for  C.  Dilly,  .  .  .  /  M.DCC.LXXXVI. 

8vo.     pp.  (8),  81.  953 

[Sanderson,  John.] 

Franklin  [in  Biography  of  the  Signers  to  the  Declara- 
tion.] Philadelphia:  1822. 

Vol.  ii,  pp.  1-153-  954 


955~96°]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [379 

Santon,  J. 

Denkwiirdiges  Gesprach  zwischen  Franklin  und  Wash- 
ington. Konigsberg:  Nicolovius.  1815. 

8vo.     pp.  955 

***  Title  from  Swift. 

Say,  J.  B.     See  No.  /jj. 
Schmaltz,  Carl. 

Leben  Benjamin  Franklins.     Leipzig:  Schmidt.     1840. 

8vo.    pp.  956 

Schmidt,  F. 

Benjamin  Franklin.  /  Ein  Lebensbild  fiir  Jung  und  Alt. 
/  Von  Ferdinand  Schmidt.  /  .    .    .  . .    .  /  Berlin  /  Verlag 

von  Hugo  Kaftner. 

Min.     pp.  136,  portrait.  B.     957 

The  /  Scribbler  /  Being  a  /  Letter  /  From  a  Gentleman 
in  Town  /  To  his  /  Friend  in  the  Country,  /  Concerning 
the  present  State  of  Public  /  Affairs;  /  with  a  Lapidary 
Character.  I  ...  I  [Philadelphia:]  Printed  [by  Anthony 
Armbruster]  in  the  Year  MDCC,LXIV. 

8vo.     pp.  24.  958 

***  See  No.  997. 

Scudder,  H.  E.     See  No.  430. 
Second  Thoughts.     See  No.  832. 
Setter,  Johann  Christian. 

Lebensbeschreibung  B.  Franklin's.     Berlin,  1797. 

lamo.     pp.  959 

**#  Title  from  Oettinger. 

\Shillaber,  Benjamin  Penhallow.~\ 

A  very  Brief  and  very  Comprehensive  Life  /  of  /  Ben. 
Franklin,  Printer,  /  Done  into  Quaint  Verse,  by  one  of  the 
Typos.  /  September  i7th,  1856. 

Folio.     Broadside.  960 

***  The  verse  is  "  quaint "  as  the  following  specimen  shows: 
"And  the  Queen  frowned  not  in  check, 
When  this  plain  republican  Mister 
Threw  his  arms  about  her  neck, 
And  very  gallantly  kissed  her! " 


961-965]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [381 

\Shurtleff,  Nathaniel  Bradstreet,  editor.'} 

Memorial  /  of  the  /  Inauguration  of  the  Statue  /  of  / 
Franklin.  /  Prepared  and  printed  /  by  authority  of  the  City 
Council,  /  Boston.  /  1857. 

8vo.    pp.  412.  96! 

[Smith,  John  Jay.] 

Benjamin  Franklin  [in  the  National  Portrait  Gallery  of 
Distinguished  Americans.]  N.  Y.  1835. 

Vol.  II.      pp.   I-2O.  962 

Sketch.     See  No.  912. 

Smith,  William.     See  No.  278. 

Smith,  W. 

Eulogium  /  on  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  / /  Deliv- 
ered March  i,  1791,  in  the  German  Lutheran  Church  of 
the  /  City  of  Philadelphia,  /  before  the  American  Philo- 
sophical Society  and  agreeably  to  /  their  appointment,  / 
By  William  Smith,  D.  D.  / /  Printed  by  /  Ben- 
jamin Franklin  Bache,  /  Philadelphia,  1792. 

8vo.    pp.  (2),  40,  v,  (i).  963 

*%  Dr.  Smith  was  aided  in  the  preparation  of  this  address  by  David 
Rittenhouse,  Thomas  Jefferson,  Jonathan  Williams,  and  Benjamin 
Rush.  The  piece  forms  a  somewhat  amusing  contrast  to  the  savage- 
ness  of  the  Doctor's  earlier  writings  against  Franklin. 

Smith,  W. 

Eulogium  /  on  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  LL.D.  /  President 
of  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  &c.  &c.  /  Deliv- 
ered /  March  i,  1791,  in  Philadelphia,  before  both  Houses 
of  /  Congress,  and  the  American  Philosophical  Society, 
&c.  /  By  William  Smith,  D.  D.  /  .  .  .  /London:  /  Printed 
for  T.  Cadell  in  the  Strand.  /  MDCCXCII. 

8vo.    pp.  (4),  39-  s-  D-    964 

Soldier  and  Sage.     See  No.  843. 
Stanley,  John. 

The  Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  With  Selections  from 
his  miscellaneous  works.  Illustrated  by  Newton  Fielding. 

London:  Simpkin.   1849. 

8vo.    pp.  905 


966-969]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [383 

Stevens,  B.  F.     See  No.  900. 
Stevens,  If. 

Benjamin  Franklin's  /  Life  and  Writings  /  A  Biblio- 
graphical Essay  /  On  the  Stevens' s  Collection  of/  Books  and 
Manuscripts  /  Relating  to  Doctor  Franklin  /  By  Henry 

Stevens  / /  London  Printed  by  Messrs.  Davy  & 

Sons  .../.../  clo.Ic.ccc.Lxxxi. 

Rl.  8vo.  &  8vo.     pp.  viii,  40,  5  plates.  966 

#*#  Like  all  Mr.  Stevens'  lists,  this  shows  great  accuracy  so  far  as 
the  printing  of  the  titles  is  concerned,  and  it  has  been  of  much  use  to 
the  compiler  of  this  list.  Its  permanent  value,  however,  is  much 
marred  by  the  use  for  which  it  was  intended  to  serve,  and  Mr.  Stevens' 
notes  and  introduction  are  written  with  a  greater  regard  for  the  "upset 
price  of  ,£"7,000,"  then  for  the  love  of  fact.  It  was  also  printed  in  his 
Historical  Collections,  i,  and  in  No.  875. 

S  tuber,  If.     See  No.  4.37. 
Sumner,  Charles. 

Monograph  /  from  /  An  Old  Note-Book;  With  a  post- 
script. /  uEripuit  caelo  fulmen,  sceptrumque  tyrannis."  / 
(Reprinted  from  the  Atlantic  Monthly  for  November,  1863). 

8vo.     pp.  17.  967 

***  This  is  an  investigation  of  Turgot's  famous  line  on  Franklin. 
See  Note's  and  Queries,  iv,  443;  v,  17,  144,  549,  571;  vi,  88;  and  His- 
torical Magazine,  viii,  112. 

[Swift,  Lindsay. ~\ 
Franklin  Desiderata.     [Boston:  1882.] 

Long  folio,     pp.  4-  968 

*%  This  is  a  reprint,  in  galley  slips,  of  the  list  of  Franklin  books 
published  in  the  Bulletin  of  the  Boston  Public  Library.  The  follow- 
ing is  an  enlargement  of  it. 

[Swift,  Lindsay. ~\ 

Catalogue  /  of  works  relating  to  /  Benjamin  Franklin  / 
in  the  /  Boston  Public  Library  /  including  /  the  collection 
given  by  Doctor  Samuel  Abbott  Green,  /  with  the  titles 
of  similar  works  /  not  in  the  library.  /  Boston  /  Published 

by  order  of  the  Trustees  /  1883 

Rl.  8vo.    pp.  42.  969 

***  This  list  is  divided  into  three  parts,  the  first  devoted  to  Frank- 


969-973]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [385 

lin's  own  writings,  the  second  to  those  about  him,  and  the  third  to 
those  printed  by  him,  (with  an  appendix  giving  a  list  of  the  issues  of 
paper  currency  printed  by  him),  each  arranged  alphabetically. 

Not  only  have  I  taken  many  titles  from  this  work,  but  also  derived 
the  greatest  aid  in  other  respects  from  it,  which  I  wish  here  to  ac- 
knowledge. Without  it  my  list  would  be  even  more  imperfect  than 
it  is,  and  had  I  been  aware  of  its  existence  before  I  began  my  work, 
the  present  list  would  never  have  been  started. 

Thayer,  W.  M. 

The  /  Printer  Boy;  /  or,  /  How  Benjamin  Franklin  made 
his  mark.   /  An  Example  for  Youth.  /  By  /  William  M. 
Thayer,  /  .    .    .  /  Boston.  /  J.  E.  Tilton  and  Company  / 
161  Washington  street.  /  1861. 

lamo.     pp.  xvi,  261.  970 

+  London:  /James  Hogg  &  Sons.     [n.  d.] 

I2mo.     pp.  xvi,  264,  plates.  971 

Thompson,  N.  A. 
Inauguration  /  of  the  /  Statue  of  Franklin  /  Boston, 

September  17,    1856  /  Notice  to  Marshals.  / / 

N.   A.   Thompson,   Chief  Marshal.   /  Boston,   September 
1 2th,    1856  /  Press  of  Geo.   C.   Rand  and  Avery  /  .    .    . 
[1856.]    ' 

4to.     Broadside.  B.     972 

\Tickell,  Richard J\ 

The  /  Green  Box  /  of  /  Monsieur  de  Sartine,  /  found  at  / 
Mademoiselle  du  The's  Lodgings.  /  From  the  French  of 
the  Hague  edition.  /  Revised  and  corrected  by  those  of 
Leipsic  and  /  Amsterdam.  I  ...  I  London:  /  Sold  by  A. 
Becket  .../.../  MDCCLXXIX. 

8vo.    pp.  (4),  7i-  B-    973 

***  I  am  uncertain  whether  this  English  edition  or  the  so-called 
French  original  first  appeared  in  print.  It  contains  a  number  of 
spurious  letters  of  Franklin,  and  the  whole  work  is  a  satire  on  the 
French  alliance. 

"A  new  production  of  Tickell: — it  has  appeared  and  is  a  most  paltry 
performance.  It  ...  pretends  to  be  his  [Sartine's]  correspondence 
with  the  Opposition.  Nay,  they  are  so  pitifully  mean  as  to  laugh  at 
Dr.  Franklin,  who  has  such  thorough  reason  to  sit  and  laugh  at  them. 

25 


973~98°]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [387 

What  triumph  it  must  be  to  him  to  see  a  miserable  pamphlet  all  the 
revenge  they  can  take! "     Walpole. 

4-  The  Second  Edition.  /  London:  /  Sold  by  A.  Becket,  .../.../ 
MDCCLXXIX. 

1  fXT  \TV>        /  V/ T- 


La  Cassette  Verte  /  de  /  Monsieur  de  Sartine,  /  Trouve*e 

chez  /  Mademoiselle  du  The*  I  ...  I  (Cinquie"me  Edition 

revue  &  corrige"e  sur  celles  /  de  Leipsic  &  d' Amsterdam.) 

A  La  Haye:    [London]   /  Chez   la  Veuves  Whiskerfeld, 

.../.../  M,DCC,LXXIX. 

8vo.     (4),  76.  975 

+  Sixteme  Edition.  .   .    .  / /  A  La  Haye:  /  Chez  la  Veuve 

Whiskerfeld,  .../.../  M.DCC.LXXIX. 

8vo.     pp.  (4),  76.  976 

Toderini,  G. 

Filosofia  Frankliniana  /  delle  punte  preservatrici  dal 
fulmine,  /  particolarmente  applicata  /  Alle  Polveriere,  alle 
Navi,  e  a  Santa  /  Barbara  in  Mare  /  Dissertazione  /  Del  P. 
Giambattista  Toderini  /  Delia  Compagnie  di  Gesu,  /  Letta 
in  Mia  Admanza  Accademica  /  degli  Icuentici  /  vel  Palazzo 
/  del  Sig.  Conte  Prazza  in  forti  /  L'Anno  1770  /  In  Mo- 
dena  MDCCLXXI  / 

4to.     pp.  65.  P.  H.  s.     977 

Tomkinson,  E.  M. 

The  World  Workers.  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  By  E.  M. 
Tomkinson.  /  Cassell  &  Company  / /  1885. 

1 2 mo.     pp.  128,  portrait.  978 

To  the  /  Freeholders  /  and  /  Electors  /  Of  the  City  and 
County  of  Philadelphia.  /  [Philadelphia:  William  Brad- 
ford. 1764.] 

Folio,     pp.  2.  P.     979 

***  "An  Anti-Franklin  election  address."      Title  and  note  from 
Hildeburn. 

To  the  /  Freeholders  /  And  other  Electors  of  Assembly- 
Men,  for  /  Pennsylvania.  /  [Philadelphia:  Anthony  Arm- 
bruster.  1765.] 

Folio,     pp.  (2).  P.     980 

***  "A  Franklin  election  circular."   Title  and  note  from  Hildeburn. 


981-988]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [389 

Triqueti,  Henry  De. 

Benjamin  Franklin  /  Discours  adresse"  aux  Apprentis  par 
M.  H.  De  Triqueti.  /  Secretaire  du  Comite"  de  Patronage  / 
dans  la  stance  mensuelle  du  4  Mai  1856. 

8vo.    pp.  12,  covers.  B.    981 

Tranche,  Louis. 

La  Jeunesse  de  Franklin,  drame  en  cinq  actes,  mele*  de 
chant.  Paris:  Beck.  1860. 

8vo.    pp.  982 

Venedy,  Jacob. 

Benjamin  Franklin  /  Bin  /  Lebensbild  /  von  /  J.  Venedy. 
/  Freiburg  im  Breisgau  /  Friedrich  Wagner  'sche  Buch- 

handlung.  /  1862. 

8vo.    pp.  (4),  355,  covers.  983 

La  Voeu  de  toutes  les  Nations.     See  No.  811. 

Waller,  J.  B. 

Reminiscences  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin  /  as  a  Diplo- 
matist. /  By  J.  B.  Waller.  /  Chicago:  /  Jameson  &  Morse  / 

Printers.  /  1879. 

8vo.    pp.  39,  (4).  984 

[Walsh,  Robert.} 

Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin  [in  Delaplaine's  Repository 
of  the  Lives  and  Portraits  of  Distinguished  American 
Characters.]  Philadelphia.  1815. 

Part  in.    pp.  41-124-  985 

[Webster,  Noah.'] 

An  /  Examination  /  into  the  /  leading  principles  /  of  the 
/  Federal  Constitution.  / /  By  a  Citizen  of  Amer- 
ica.   / /   Philadelphia:   /   Printed    and  sold    by 

Prichard  &  Hall,  .../.../  M.DCC.LXXXVII. 

8vo.    pp.  55-  986 

***  Dedicated  to  Franklin. 
+  [Brooklyn,  N.  Y.:  Privately  Printed.     1887.] 

8vo.     pp.  41.  987 

Webster,  N. 

Dissertations  /  on  the  /  English  Language:  /  with  Notes, 
/  Historical  and  Critical.  /  To  which  is  added,  /  by  way 


988-995]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [391 

of  an  Appendix,  /  An  Essay  on  /  A  /  Reformed  Mode  of 
Spelling,  /  with  /  Dr.  Franklin's  Arguments  on  that  Sub- 
ject. /  By  Noah  Webster,  Jun.  Esquire.  / / 

Printed  at  Boston,  for  the  Author,  /  by  Isaiah  Thomas 
and  Company,  /  MDCCLXXXIX. 

8vo.    pp.  410.  988 

**#  Dedicated  to  Franklin. 

Wedderburn,  A.     See  No.  916. 

Weems,  Mason  Locke. 

The  /  Life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin;  /  with  /  many  choice 
Anecdotes  /  and  /  Admirable  Sayings  /  of  this  /  great  Man 
/  never  before  published  by  any  of  his  Biographers.  /  By 
Mason  L.  Weems  /  Author  of  the  Life  of  Washington.  / 
.    .    .    .  /  The  Fifth  Edition,  Greatly  Enlarged  /  Balti- 
more: /  Printed  by  John  D.  Toy,  for  the  Author.  /  1821. 

xarno.     pp.  264,  portrait.  B.    989 

***  See  Note  to  No.  477. 

+  The  Sixth  Edition  / /  Philadelphia:  /  H.  C.  Carey  &  G. 

Lea.    Chestnut  Street.  / 1822. 

I2mo.     pp.  264,  portrait.  B.    990 

+  Stereotyped  by  L.  Johnson.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Published  by  Uriah 
Hunt  .../.../ 1829. 

I2tno.     pp.  239,  portrait.  B.    991 

+  Philadelphia:  /  Published  by  Uriah  Hunt  .../.../ 1835. 

I2tno.     pp.  239,  portrait.  B.     992 

+  Philadelphia:  /  Uriah  Hunt  &  Son,  / / 1845. 

I2mo.     pp.  239,  portrait.  993 

+  Philadelphia  /  J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.  / 1884. 

I2mo.     pp.  239,  plates.  994 

#**  I  have  also  found  mention  in  catalogues  of  issues  dated  1825, 
1839  an<l  I854- 

Weld,  H.  H.     See  No.  413. 

\Wellesly,  Richard  Colley,  Earl  of  Morning  ton.} 

Letters  of  Themistocles.     With  an  Appendix,  Contain- 
ing the  Character  of  Dr.  Franklin.     London:  1795. 

I2tno.     pp.  995 

What  is  Sauce.     See  No.  997. 


996-998]  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [393 

\Williamson,  Hugh.~\ 

The  /  Plain  Dealer:  /  Numb.  II.  /  Being  a  /  Tickler,  / 
For  the  liesure  Hour's  Amusement  of  the  Author  of  / 
Cool  Thoughts.  /  Wherein  the  Force  of  his  several  Argu- 
ments in  Favour  /  of  a  Change  of  Government  is  stated 
in  a  clear  /  Light  and  accommodated  to  the  Comprehension 
of  Readers  /  of  every  capacity.  /  By  X.  Y.  Z.  Gentleman. 
/  To  be  continued.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  [by  Andrew 
Stewart]  in  Second-street,  where  Numb.  I  may  be  had. 
1764. 

8vo.    pp.  16.  996 

**#  Written  in  reply  to  No.  270. 

\Williamson,  Hugh.~\ 

What  is  Sauce  for  a  Goose  is  also  Sauce  for  a  /  Gander. 
/  Being  /  A  small  Touch  in  the  Lapidary  Way.  /  Or  /  Tit 
for  Tat,  in  your  own  Way.  /  An  Epitaph  /  On  a  certain 
great  Man.  /  Written  by  a  Departed  Spirit  and  now  /  Most 
humbly  inscrib'd  to  all  his  dutiful  Sons  and  /  Children, 
Who  may  hereafter  chose  to  dis-  /  tinguish  him  by  the 

Name  of  /  A  Patriot  / /  Philadelphia,  Printed 

[by  A.  Armbruster]  in  Arch-Street.     1764. 

8vo.    pp.  8.  p.  H.  s.    997 

*%  In  William  Smith's  preface  to  John  Dickinson's  speech  (See 
No.  280),  he  gave  a  very  eulogistic  Epitaph  on  William  Penn.  In 
Franklin's  preface  to  Galloway's  speech  (No.  280),  he  burlesqued  this 
and  applied  it  to  Richard  and  Thomas  Penn.  This  in  turn  gave  rise 
to  the  above,  which  is  a  most  savage  Epitaph  on  Franklin.  See  also 
Nos.  793  and  923. 

Wilmer,  ? 

Memoirs  /  of  the  late  /  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin:  /  with  a 
/Review  of  his  Pamphlet,  /  entitled  /  "Information  to 
those  who  would  wish  to  /  Remove  to  America"  /  .    .    .  / 
.../.../  London  /  Printed  and  sold  for  the  Author, 
by  A.  Grant,  .../...  also  by  J.   C.   Clarke,  .    .   .  / 
C.  Stalker,  ...  and  W.  Richard-  /  son  /  M  DCC  XC. 

8vo.     pp.  94,  portrait.  C.     998 

***  Jonathan  Boucher  writes  of  this  as  "Mr.  Wilmer's  Memoirs," 


998-1002]          BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [395 

and  from  other  sources  I  find  that  the  author  was  a  Maryland  loyalist. 
It  is  an  unfriendly  life  of  him,  and  on  that  ground  is  caustically 
handled  in  the  Monthly  Review,  iv,  83. 

Winthrop,  R.  Charles. 

Achimedes  and  Franklin  /  A  /  Lecture,  /  Introductory  / 
to  a  Course  on  the  /  Application  of  Science  to  Art,  /  De- 
livered before  the  /  Massachusetts  Charitable  Mechanic 
Association.  /  November  29,  1853  /  By  Robert  C.  Win- 
throp.  /  Boston:  /  Press  of  T.  R.  Marvin,  42  Congress 
Street.  /  1853. 

8vo.     pp.  47,  covers.  999 

Winthrop,  R.  C. 

Oration  /  at  /  the  Inauguration  /  of  the  /  Statue  of  Ben- 
jamin Franklin,  /  at  his  native  City  /  Sept.  17,  1856.  /  By 
/  Hon.  Robert  C.  Winthrop.   /  Boston:  /  Press  of  T.  R. 
Marvin,  42  Congress  Street.  /  1856. 

8vo.    pp.  28,  covers.  S.  D.     icoo 

Winthrop,  R.  C. 

Washington,  /  Bowdoin,  and  Franklin,  /  as  portrayed  in 
/  occasional  addresses:  /  by  /  Robert  C.  Winthrop.  /  With 
a  few  brief  pieces  on  kindred  topics,  /  and  with  notes  and 
illustrations.  /  Boston:  /  Little,  Brown,   and  Company.  / 
1876. 

8vo.     pp.  186,  plate.  1001 

\Woods,  Leonard.~\ 

The  Life  /  of  /  Benjamin  Franklin,  /  Including  a  Sketch 
of/  The  Rise  and  Progress  of  the  War  /  of  Independence  / 
and  of/  the  various  Negotiations  at  Paris  for  Peace;  /  with 
the  History  of  /  his  Political  and  other  Writings.  /  Lon- 
don: 1826  /  Printed  for  Hunt  and  Clarke,  Tavestock- 
Street,  Covent- Garden. 

I2mo.     pp.  407,  portrait.  1002 

**#  This  devotes  considerable  space  to  the  "Parable  against  Perse- 
cution," which  led  Mr.  Duane  in  No.  583  to  criticise  the  author's  re- 
marks. This  was  in  turn  replied  to  in  The  Literary  and  Theological 
Review  (of  March,  1836)  by  "The  Editor  of  a  recent  Epitome  of 
Franklin's  Memoirs,"  which  is  dated  "Bangor."  This  seems  to  fix 
the  authorship  on  Mr.  Woods,  who  was  then  a  professor  in  Bangor, 
and  was  editing  this  very  magazine. 


SUBJECT    INDEX 

AND 

REFERENCE    LIST 

TO 

FRANKLINIAN  LITERATURE. 


*%  In  this  section  are  classed  references  to  all  the  preceding  books, 
together  with  brief  titles  of  many  works  relating  to  Franklin  in  a 
lesser  degree.  No  attempt  has  been  made  to  include  the  standard 
histories  and  more  prominent  works  of  this  period. 


Biography. 

The  Autobiography. 
Nos.  383-437,  448,  477,  561,  600,  875. 
American  Museum,  vm,  12. 
Cabanis  (P.  J.  G.)  CEuvres  de.  v,  221. 
Journal  de  Paris.     No.  83.     1791. 

Manuel  de  1'Amateur  d'Autographe.     p.  337.     Paris.     1836. 
Romilly,  (S.)  Memoirs  of.     i,  319,  408. 
Vaughan,  (W.)     Memoirs  of.     p.  6.     I/on  don:  1839. 

Biographies — Important. 
Nos.  383,  409,  423-4,  427,  790,  841,  911,  927,  929-31,  954,  962,  985,  998. 

Biographies —  Unimportant. 
Nos.  133,  188,  198,  249,  802-3,  810,  817,  825,  829,  834,  845-7,  853,  857,  860, 

866,  869,  879,  880-87,  889,  892,  894-6,  903,  905-8,  918-26,  930-2,  934-5, 

945,  951,  955-7,  960,  965,  97°-i,  977,  98li  983,  989-95,  999-1000,  1002. 
American  Magazine,     p.  109.     Phila.     1789. 
Abbott  (J.)     Harper's  Magazine,     iv,  185,  289. 
Barbiera  (G.)     Memoir  di. 

Brissot  de  Warville  ( J.  B.)    Travels  in  America.     I,  179. 
Briggs  (C.  F.)     Homes  of  American  Statesmen,     p.  65. 
Brougham  (H.)     Statesmen  of  the  time  of  George  III.     in. 
Cabanis  (P.  J.  G.)     CEuvres.     v,  217. 
Campbell  (H.)     Our  Continent.     11,673. 
Cantie  (C.)     Storia  Universale  Biographic. 

Carson  (H.  L.)     Hist,  of  the  Celebration  of  the  Constitution.     I,  163. 
Chadwick  (J.  W.)     Brooklyn  Eagle.    Jan.  16,  1887. 
Charles  (V.  P.  E.)    La  Dix  huitteme  Stecle.     I,  306. 
Crevecceur  (H.)     Voyages  dans  la  Haute  Pennsylvania.     I,  353. 
Curtis  (G.  T.)     History  of  the  Constitution.     I. 
Duyckinck  (E.)     National  Portrait  Gallery,    i,  9. 
Dwight  (N.)     Signers  of  the  Declaration,     p.  171. 
European  Magazine,     xxin,  404. 
Everett  (A.  H.)     Critical  and  Miscellaneous  Essays. 
Francis  (J.  W.)     The  Printer.    July,  1859. 
Frefanelli  (S.)     Storici  Sugli  Stati  Unito.     Foligno:  1866. 
Gentleman's  Magazine.     i,x,  571. 
Goodrich  (G.  A.)     I/ives  of  the  Signers,     p.  261. 

[399] 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OP  FRANKLIN.  [40! 

Goodrich  (S.  G.)     Lives  of  Benefactors,     p.  113. 

Hawthorne  (N.)     Biographical  Stories. 

Hildebrand  (J.  C.)     Hist.  Gallery  of  Portraits.     I. 

History  of  North  America,     n,  420.     Leeds:  1820. 

Howe  (H.)     Memoirs  of  American  Mechanics,    p.  37. 

Historical  Magazine,     xiv,  59. 

Hundred  Greatest  Men.     vin,  i.     London:  1880. 

Hunt  (W.)     American  Biographical  Panorama,    p.  65. 

Judson  (L-  C.)     Sages  of  the  American  Revolution,    p.  101. 

Lincoln  (R.  W.)     Lives  of  the  Presidents. 

Mackay  (C.)     Founders  of  the  American  Republic. 

McMaster  and  Stone.     Pa.  and  the  Federal  Constitution. 

Perry  (B.  F.)     Biographical  Sketches  of  American  Statesmen,    p.  308. 

Podcniejnik.     Nos.  4,  5  and  6.     1859. 

Political  Magazine.     I,  631.     London:  1780. 

Polyanthus.     April.     Boston:  1814. 

Pursuit  of  Knowledge  under  Difficulties.     London:  1830. 

Sainte-Beuve  (C.  A. )     Causeries  de  Lundi.     VTI,  100. 

Smith  ( J.  J.)     National  Portrait  Gallery  (Herring-Longacre)  n. 

Stuber  (H.)     Columbian  Magazine,     rv-v.     Phila.     1790-1. 

Town  and  Country  Magazine,     ix.     London:  1777. 

Tuckerman  (H.  T.)     Biographical  Essays. 

Watson  (J.  F.)     Annals  of  Philadelphia,     p.  519. 

Whipple  (E.  P.)     Harper's  Magazine,     wi,  403. 

Biography— Juvenile. 
Nos.  790-2,  813-5,  830,  890-1,  916,  982. 

Genealogy  and  Family. 

Cole  (J.)     Hist,  and  Antiq.  of  Ecton,  England.    Scarborough.     1825. 
Cole  (J.)     [Reprint  of  excerpt  from  same].     Phila.:  1865. 
Everett  (E.)     Essays,     in.     485. 
Harper's  Bazar.     May  22,  1880. 
Heraldic  Journal,    n,  97. 
Histoncal  Magazine,     i,  144. 

Massachusetts  Hist.  Soc.  Proceedings,  in,  27,  174;  xix,  310. 
New  Eng.  Hist,  and  Genealogical  Register,  vni,  374;  xi,  17- 
Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  New-England,  n,  299. 

In  Boston.     i?o6-2j. 

Buckingham  ( J.  T. )     Specimens  of  Newspaper  Literature.     I,  49- 
Everett  (E.)    Essays,     n,  i;  iv,  108. 
Everett  (E.)     Mount  Vernon  Papers,    p.  21. 
Goddard  (D.  A.)    Winsor's  Memorial  Hist,  of  Boston,     n,  387. 
Shurtleff  (N.  B.)     Description  of  Boston. 
Towle  (G.  M.)    Winsor's  Memorial  Hist,  of  Boston,    n,  269. 

26 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [403 

In  London.     1724-6. 

No.  913. 

Printing  Times  and  Lithographer's  Journal.    June  15,  1886. 

Solly  (E.)    The  Bibliographer.     Dec.  1882. 

In  Philadelphia.     1726-57. 
Dinwiddie  Papers,     n,  15,  41. 
Pennsylvania  Gazette,  Feb.  15,  1738. 
Pennsylvania  Records,     i-xn. 

Letters  and  Papers  relating  to  Pennsylvania.     Phila.     1855. 
Smith  (H.)     Life  of  William  Smith.     I,  341. 
Tyerman.     Life  of  Whitefield. 

Webster  (R.)     Hist,  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,    pp.  in,  416. 
Westcott  and  Scharf.     History  of  Philadelphia:  I,  218. 

Albany  Congress. 
Adams  (J.)     Works,     x,  62. 

Docs.  Relating  to  the  Colonial  Hist,  of  N.  Y.    vi,  853. 
Force  (P.)  American  Archives.     4th  Series,  n,  396. 

Hopkins  (S.)     Representation  of  the  Plan  formed  at  Albany,  n.  p.  1755. 
Hutchinson  (T.)     History  of  Massachusetts. 
Mass.  Historical  Soc.  Collections.     3d  Series,  v,  i. 
Minot  (G.  R.)     History  of  Massachusetts.     I,  188. 
Sedgewick  (T.)     Life  of  William  Livingston. 
Smith  (W.)     History  of  New  York,     n,  183. 

In  London.     1757^-62. 

Docs.  Relating  to  the  Colonial  Hist  of  N.  Y.     vn,  337. 
Penn.  Mag.  of  History  and  Biography,     vni,  408. 
Tytler  (A.  F.)    Life  of  Henry  Home,  Lord  Kames. 

In  Philadelphia.     1763-4.. 
Nos.  270-83,  793-4,  801,  804,  819,  844,  855-6,  867,  888,  923,  937,  958, 

980-1,  996-7. 

Hildeburn  (C.  R.)     Issues  of  the  Pennsylvania  Press,     n,  i. 
Pennsylvania  Archives,     iv. 
Pennsylvania  Journal.     Nov.  i,  1764. 

Pennsylvania  Mag.  of  History  and  Biography.     I,  311;  v,  64. 
Reed  (W.  B.)     Life  of  Joseph  Reed.     I,  36. 
Smith  (H.)     Life  of  William  Smith.     I,  587. 

In  London.     1764-1775. 
Barrows  ( J.)    Life  of  Richard  Earl  Howe.    p.  78. 
Bougher's  Repository.     April,  1883. 
Burke  (E.)    Appeal  from  the  New  to  the  Old  Whigs. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [405 

Burton  (J.  H.)    Life  and  Correspondence  of  David  Hume. 
Dartmouth.     Hist.  Mss.  Commission  Reports,  n,  v. 
Doc.  Relating  to  the  Colonial  Hist,  of  N.  Y.    vm,  218. 
Lettsom  (J.  C.)    Works  of  John  Fothergill.    London:  1780. 
Pennsylvania  Mag.  of  Hist,  and  Biography,     xn,  loo,  224. 
Pitt  (W.)     Correspondence  of.     nr,  376,  381. 
Priestley  (J.)     Memoirs  of. 

Stamp  Act. 
Nos.  287-97. 

Bigelow  (J.)     Life  of  Franklin,     i,  510. 
Historical  Magazine,     i,  57. 

Pennsylvania  Mag.  of  Hist,  and  Biography,     x,  92,  96,  217,  220. 
Tucker  (J.)     Humble  Address  and  Earnest  Appeal. 

Walpole  Grant. 
Nos.  311,  317. 

Almon  (J.)     Biographical,  literary  and  political  Anecdotes,     n. 
American  Historical  Record,     in,  204. 
Historical  Magazine.     I,  86;  xm,  18. 
Journals  of  Congress.     May  ist,  1782. 
N.  Y.  Documentary  History,     n,  998,  1001. 
Stone  (W.)    Life  of  William  Johnson. 
View  of  the  Title  to  Indiana.     Phila.     1776. 
Walpole  (H.)    Journal  of  the  Reign  of  George  III.     I,  204. 
Washington  (G.)     Writings  of.     (Sparks)  n,  357,  483. 
[Young  (A.)]     Observation  on  Waste  Lands.    London:  1773. 

Hutchinson  Letters. 

Nos.  827,  915. 

Adams  (J.)     Works  of.     I,  133,  319,  647.     n,  318,  333. 

Almon  (J.)     Biographical,  literary  and  Political  Anecdotes,     in,  236. 

Almon  (J.)    The  Remembrancer.     1779.     327. 

Annual  Register,     xvzr,  86. 

Bentham  (J.)    Memoirs  of.     x,  59. 

Burton  ( J.  H.)     Life  of  David  Hume,     n,  471. 

Boston  Daily  Advertiser.     April  3  and  5,  1856. 

Craftsman,  The.    Jan.  I,  1774. 

Faithful  account  of  the  late  affair  between  J.  Temple  and  W.  Whately. 

London:  1774. 

Gentleman's  Magazine,     xuil,  617;  xi,rv,  89,  285. 
Huchinson  (T.)     Diary  and  Letters  of. 
Hutchinson  (T.)     History  of  Massachusetts,     in,  401. 
Keppell  (G.  T.)     Memoirs  of  Rockingham,  11,  302. 
Lee  (R.  H.)     Life  of  Arthur  Lee.     I,  34,  240,  273. 
Letters  of  eminent  Persons  to  David  Hume.    p.  210. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [407 

Massachusetts  Hist  Soc.  Proceedings,    in,  149;  xvi,  43. 

Monthly  Magazine.     Nov.  1802. 

Morning  Post.    Jan.  16,  1774. 

N.  E.  Hist,  and  Genealogical  Register,     i,  307. 

Pitt  (W.)     Correspondence  of.     rv,  323. 

Public  Advertiser.     Aug.  26;  Sept.  4;  Nov.  10,  25;  Dec.  II,  30,  1774. 

Reed  (W.  B.)    Life  of  Joseph  Reed,    i,  61. 

Smith  (Goldwin).     Study  of  History.     213. 

Walpole  (H.)    Letters  of.     vi,  69. 

Walpole  (H.)    Journal  of  the  reign  of  George  III.     n,  167,  637. 

Wells  (W.  V.)    Life  of  Samuel  Adams,    n,  72. 

Winthrop  (R.  C.)    Speeches  of.    I,  i. 

Winthrop  (R.  C.)     Address  before  the  Maine  Hist.  Soc.    p.  37. 

In  Philadelphia.     1773-6. 

Adams  (J.)    Works  of.    n,  448-501,  5",  5^6;  vn,  281;  ix,  373. 

Almon  (J.)     The  Remembrancer,     vin,  250. 

Carroll  (C.)    Journal  of,  in  Canada,  1776. 

Conn.  Historical  Soc.  Collections,     u. 

Draper  (L.  C.)     Auto.  Collections  of  the  Signers,     p.  50. 

Force  (P.)    American  Archives.     4th  series,  vi,  450,  587. 

Ford  (W.  C.)    The  Nation.     March  28,  1889. 

Galloway  (J.)    Examination  of,  before  the  House  of  Commons. 

[Galloway  (J.)]     Reply  to  the  Observations  of  Sir  W.  Howe. 

Hutchinson  (T.)     Diary  and  Letters  of.    II,  237. 

Jefferson  (T.)    Works  of.     i,  31. 

Journal  of  the  Continental  Congress,     i;  II. 

Minutes  of  the  Provincial  Council  of  Pa.     x. 

New  Jersey  Colonial  Records,     x. 

Pennsylvania  Evening  Post.     April,  1775. 

Pennsylvania  Gazette.     Dec.  13,  1775. 

Phillips  (H.)     Hist.  Sketch  of  Paper  Currency.     II,  25,  28,  31. 

Secret  Journals  of  the  Continental  Congress.     I. 

Virginia  Gazette.     Dec.  13,  1775. 

In  France.     1776-1785. 
Nos.  328,  854,  984. 
Adams  (J.)     Works  of. 

Address  and  Recommendations  to  the  States  by  Congress.     1783. 
Anecdotes  Historique.     Paris:  1784. 
Bachaumont  (L.  P.  de.)     MSmoires  secrete. 
Bettelheim.     Beaumarchais,  eine  Biographic. 
Bigelow  (J.)    The  Century,     xxxv,  741. 
Bigelow  (J.)     Hours  at  Home. 
Bolles  (A.  S.)    Financial  History  of  the  U.  S.     1774-89- 


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Chotteau  (L.)    Guerre  de  1' Independence. 

Chotteau  (L.)     Le  Frangais  en  Amerique. 

Circourt.     Histoire  de  1' Alliance  de  la  France  et  1'Amerique. 

Correspondence  Secrete  sur  Louis  XVI  et  Marie  Antoinette. 

Diplomatic  Correspondence.     1783-89. 

[Delaunay's]  Histoire  d'un  Pou  Frangais.     1779. 

Grimm-Diderot.     Memoires  Historiques. 

Flassan  (G.  R.  de.)     Diplomatique  Frangais. 

Force  (P.)     American  Archives.     5th  series,  HI,  894,  926. 

Historical  Magazine,     vm,  176. 

Historical  Society  of  Pa.     Collections.     I,  135. 

Jay  (W.)     Life  of  John  Jay. 

Jefferson  (T.)    Works  of.    in,  213. 

Jones  (J.  P.)     Life  of.     N.  Y.     1830. 

Laurens  (J.)     Army  Correspondence  of.    p.  21,  30. 

Lee  (R.  H.)     Life  of  Arthur  Lee. 

Littell's  Living  Age.    vm,  230;  xxxix,  170. 

Lomenie  (L.  de)     Beaumarchais  et  son  temps. 

Lyman  (T.)     Diplomacy  of  the  U.  S. 

Mass.  Historical  Society  Collections.     5th  series,  iv,  321. 

Papers  in  the  Case  of  Silas  Deane. 

Pennsylvania  Mag.  of  Hist,  and  Biography.    11,  358;  xi,  i;  xn,  378. 

Portrait  du  Comte  de  Vergennes.     [Paris:]  1788. 

Secret  Journals  of  Congress. 

Sedgwick  (T.)     Life  of  William  Livingston,     p.  413. 

Sherburne  (J.  H.)     Life  of  John  Paul  Jones. 

Sparks  (J.)     Diplomatic  Correspondence  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Spark  (J.)     Life  of  Gouverneur  Morris.     I,  188. 

Sumner(C.)     Works  of.     vm. 

Trescott  (W.  H.)     Diplomacy  of  the  Revolution. 

Watson  (E.)     Men  and  Times  of  the  Revolution. 

Wells  (W.  V.)     Life  of  Samuel  Adams,     ill. 

Wharton  (F.)     International  Law  Digest. 

Virginia  State  Papers.     I,  346. 

Negotiations  with  England. 
Almon  (J.)    The  Remembrancer.     1779,327- 
Bezassier  (J.  D.)     Couplets  sur  la  Paix.     Noyon:  1783. 
[Brizard  (G.)]     Fragment  de  X^nophon.     Paris:  1783. 
Fitzmaurice  (E.)    Life  of  William,  Earl  Shelburne. 
Gentleman's  Magazine.     LV,  561. 
Ja7  (J-)     Peace  Negotiations  of  1782-3. 
Mass.  Historical  Society  Proceedings.     N.  S.,  in,  89,  349. 


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In  Philadelphia.     1785-90. 

Cutler  (W.  P.  &  J.  P.)    Life  of  Manasseh  Cutler,     i,  269. 

Historical  Magazine,     x,  213. 

Westcott  and  Sharf.     History  of  Philadelphia. 

Federal  Convention. 

Curtis  (G.  T.)     History  of  the  Constitution.     I. 
Elliot  (J.)    Debates,    v. 

Independent  Gazette.     (Boston).     Dec.  18,  1787. 
Plan  of  the  New  Constitution.     London.     1787. 
McMaster  &  Stone.     Pennsylvania  and  the  Federal  Constitution. 
Martin  (L.)     Genuine  Information.     Phila.     1788. 
Yates  (R.)    Secret  Proceedings  of  the  Federal  Convention. 

Death. 

Nos.  818,  841-2,  861-2,  949,  963-4. 

American  Museum,    vn,  41,  43;  vin,  211,  213,  [12. 

American  Historical  Record,    m,  312. 

Debates  in  Congress.     (Annals.)    n,  1534,  1732,  1770,  1791,  1798,  1883, 

1968. 

Historical  Magazine.     I,  83;  n,  207,  302,  333. 
Jefferson  (T.)     Works  of.     ill,  139,  218. 
Magazine  of  American  History,     m,  312. 
New  York  Magazine,  I,  239.     1791. 
Smith  (H.)    Life  of  William  Smith,    n,  324. 

Ana. 

No.  869. 

Adams  (J.)     Works  of. 

American  Museum,     ix,  116,  176. 

Annual  Register,    xxn,  201;  xxxv,  241. 

Beer's  Almanac  for  1799.     Hartford. 

Fisher  (G.)     Life  of  Benjamin  Silliman.     I,  12,  73. 

Hunt  (F.)     American  Anecdotes. 

Hutchinson  (T.)     Diary  and  Letters  of.     II,  195- 

Jefferson  (T.)     Works  of. 

Moore  (F.)    Diary  of  the  Revolution.    I,  389;  n,  83. 

Artist. 

Nos.  64,  284-6. 

Adams  (J.)    Works  of.     ill,  59. 

Force  (P.)     American'Archives.     5th  series,  I,  943- 

Gentleman's  Magazine,     wn,  269. 

Mass.  Historical  Society  Collections,     xi,  148,  301,  475. 

Morellet(A.)     Memoires  in6dit.     I,  300. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [413 

Phillips  (H.)     Historical  Sketch  of  Paper  Money,     n,  31. 
Preble  (G.  H.)     Our  Flag.     pp.  148,  475. 

Educator. 
Nos.  40,  75,  83. 

American  Journal  of  Education,    xxvn,  401;  xxvm,  809. 
Smith  (H.)    Life  of  William  Smith,    i,  24-5,  339. 

Editor, 
Nos.  3,  ii,  36,  326,  and  "Printer." 

Humorist. 

Nos.  12-9,  24,  3i-5,  37-9,  50-7,  73-4,  76,  89-90,  92,  102,  104,  106-252,  314, 

330-1,  344-5,  364-6,  381,  and  "Ana." 
Historical  Magazine,     rv,  16. 
Monthly  Anthology,     vn,  174. 

Inventor. 

No.  41-2,  and  "Artist" 
American  Historical  Record.     I,  26. 
American  Medical  and  Phil.  Register.    I,  446. 
Cutler  (W.  P.  &  J.  P.)     Life  of  Manasseh  Cutler.     I,  269. 
Ferguson  (J.)    Select  Mechanical  Exercises.    London:  1778. 
Gentleman's  Magazine,     XI»VH,  no;  w,  412. 
Laurens  (H.)     Correspondence  of.     p.  62. 
Magazine  of  American  History,     v,  380. 
Minutes  of  the  Provincial  Council  of  Pa.     x,  283-4,  322- 
Phillips  (H.)     Historical  Sketch  of  Paper  Currency,    n,  67. 
Sargent  (W.)     Loyalist  Verses  of  Stansbury  and  Odell.     p.  5. 

Literateur. 

Nos.  875,  911,  966,  968-9. 

Allibone  (S.  A.)     Dictionary  of  Authors.     I. 

Blackwood's  Magazine,     xvn,  49. 

Duyckinck  (E.  A.  &  G.  L.)     Cyclopaedia  of  American  Literature,     i. 

Richardson  (C.  F.)    American  Literature.     I. 

Tyler  (M.  C.)     History  of  AmericanJiLiterature. 

Moralist. 
Nos.  28-30,  37-39,  52-5,  57-60,  69-72,  107-252,  257-60,  329-30,  341,  891. 

Orator. 

No.  326. 

Elliot  ( J.)    Debates  on  the  Constitution,    v. 

Independent  Gazette  (Boston)  Dec.  18,  1787. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [415 

Jefferson  (T.)    Works  of.    i,  31. 

Madison  ( J.)     Papers  of. 

Yates  (R.)    Secret  Proceedings  of  the  Federal  Convention. 

Philanthropist. 

Nos.  75,  83,  99,  103,  256,  378,  830,  835,  858,  912. 

Cobbett  (W.)     Porcupine's  Works,     iv,  363;  vil,  82;  vin,  189-92. 

Green  (S.  A.)     Inaugural  Address  as  Mayor  of  Boston.     1882. 

Historical  Magazine,     in,  284. 

Boston  Evening  Traveller.     Feb.  8,  1858. 

New  York  Evening  Post.     Dec.  5,  1887. 

Livermore  (G.  L.)     Historical  Research  on  Negroes. 

New  York  Hist.  Soc.  Publication  Fund,     i,  255. 

Wood  (G.)    Address  on  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital. 

Philologist. 
Nos.  320,  988. 
Ellis  (A.  J.)    On  Early  English  Pronunciation,    rv.    London:  1875. 

Poet. 

NOS.   1-2,  12. 

Bigelow  (J.)     Life  of  Franklin,     in,  449. 
McVickar  (J.)     Life  of  Samuel  Bard. 
Morellet  (A.)    M6moires  in6dit.     i,  296. 
Smith  (H.)     Life  of  William  Smith.    I,  341. 

Politician. 

Nos.  10,  28-30,  61-7,  85-8,  101,  118,  122,  125,  135,  253-5,  262-97,  303-5, 
308-9,  311,  314-7,  322,  326-8,  345,  348-53,  367-71,  379,  382,  619-633, 
793-4,  801,  804,  819,  844,  855-6,  867,  888,  923,  937,  980-1,  996-7. 

Post  Master. 

Nos.  323-5. 

American  Weekly  Mercury.     Nov.  1740. 

Annual  Register,     xvni,  133. 

New  Jersey  Colonial  Records,     ix,  262. 

New  Jersey  Hist.  Soc.  Proceedings,     ix. 

Printer. 

No.  43,  826,  913-4,  941,  968-9- 

American  Historical  Record.     II,  165. 

American  Medical  and  Phil.  Register.     I,  446. 

Ford  (P.  L.)    Magazine  of  American  History,    xv,  452. 

Gentleman's  Magazine.     l,x,  571. 

Hildeburn  (C.  R.)    Issues  of  the  Press  of  Pa.     1685-1784. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [417 

Hudson  (F.)    Journalism  in  the  U.  S. 

Magazine  of  American  History,     i,  681. 

Mass.  Historical  Soc.  Proceedings.     11,  38. 

Pennsylvania  Mag.  of  History  and  Biography,     x,  229. 

Printing  Times  and  Lithographer's  Journal.     Nov.  15,  1877. 

Solly  (E.)     The  Bibliographer,     in,  3. 

Thomas  (G.)     History  of  Printing. 

Valentine  (D.)     Manual  of  the  Corporation  of  N.  Y.     1857. 

Scientist. 

Nos.  40-2,  256,  298,  307,  318-9,  354-63,  372-7,  604,  615-6,  805,  910,  978. 
American  Historical  Record,     i,  25. 

Cutler  (W.  P.  &  J.  P.)     Life  of  Manasseh  Cutler,     n,  234. 
Draper  (J.  W.)     Harper's  Magazine.     i,x,  265. 
Draper  (J.  \V.)     Kansas  Review,     iv,  156. 
Gammett  (W.)     Heroes  of  Science,     p.  33. 
Jefferson  (T.)     Works  of.     in,  212. 
Littell's  Living  Age.     ix,  226. 
Nature  (La).     March  31,  1888. 
Weld  (C.  H.)     History  of  the  Royal  Society. 

Electricity. 

Nos.  77-82,  93-97,  307,  318,  929. 
Adams  (J.)     Works  of.     n,  9,  51;  in,  221,  278. 
Allen  (W.  H.)    Methodist  Quarterly,    vi,  100. 
Beccaria  (G.)     Dell'  Elettricismo  Artificiale. 
Bigelow  (J.)     N.  Y.  Observer.    June  19,  1879. 
Gentleman's  Magazine,     xxn,  227. 
Hoadly  &  Wilson.     Observation  on  Electrical  Experiments.     London: 

1756. 

Hoadly  &  Wilson.     Observations  .   .   .  2d  Edition.     London:  1759. 
Henley  (W.)     Account  of  New  Experiments  in  Electricity.    London: 

1774- 

Henley  (W.)     Experiments  Concerning  Rods.     London:  1774. 
Henley  (W.)     Experiments  and  Observations  in  Electricity.     London: 

1774- 
Henley  (W.)     Experiments  and  Observations  in  Electricity.     London: 

1776. 

Kinnersley  (E.)     A  Course  of  Experiments  in  Electricity.     Phila.  1764. 
London  Magazine,     xx,  336;  xxni,  431. 

Moore  (F.)     Diary  of  the  American  Revolution.     I,  504,  929,  938,  978. 
New  Jersey  Colonial  Records,     vni,  7. 

Priestley  (J.)     A  Familiar  Introduction  to  Electricity.     London:  1768. 
Priestley  ( J.)     History  and  Present  State  of  Electricity.     London:  1767. 
Priestley  (J.)    Additions  to  History  of  Electricity.     London:  1770. 

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BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [419 

Prince  (T.)     Improvement  of  the  Doctrine  of  Earthquakes.     Boston: 

1755- 

Roberts  (G.)     Catechism  on  Electricity. 
Smith  (H.)     Life  of  William  Smith,     i,  341. 
Whe well's  History  of  Inductive  Sciences. 
Winthrop  (J.)     Lectures  on  Earthquakes.     Boston:  1755. 
Wilson  (B.)     Observations  on  Lightning.     London:  1773. 
Wilson  (B.)     Further  Observations  on  Lightning.     London:  1774. 

Theologian. 

Nos.  5-8,  21-3,  25-7,  91,  257-6o,  312-3. 

Adams  (J.)     Works  of.     in,  186,  220. 

Bigelow  (J.)     New.York  Observer.    June  19,  1879. 

Historical  Magazine,     n,  361. 

Littell's  Living  Age.    LXIV,  757. 

Peabody  (W.  O.  S.)     Christian  Examiner.     XH,  273. 

Penn.  Mag.  of  History  and  Biography,     in,  230;  ix,  405. 

Perry  (W.  S.)     Papers  relating  to  the  Church  in  Pa.    p.  421. 

Attacks  on. 

Nos.  277-9,  821,  827,  832-3,  848,  902,  916-7,  973-6,  996-7- 

Cobbett  (W.)     Porcupine's  Writings. 

Boston  Watchman.     ?     1879. 

Jefierson  (T.)    Works  of.     vni,  108;  ix,  138. 

Madison  (J.)    Writings  of.     1,78. 

McMaster  &  Stone.     Pa.  and  the  Federal  Convention,    pp.  159,  696. 

N.  Y.  Hist.  Soc.  Fund  Publication.     1878.     pp.  I,  483. 

Smith  (H.)     Life  of  William  Smith.     I,  344. 

Stanton  (E.  C.)     N.  Y.  World,  June  4,  1870. 

Birthday  Celebrations. 

Nos.  796-9,  807-8,  823,  831,  854,  868,  874,  894,  915,  927,  939,  941,  943. 
Francis  (J.  W.)    The  Printer.    July,  1859. 
Evening  Mirror,  Jan.  18,  1849. 
Evening  Mirror,  Jan.  18,  1851. 
Evening  Mirror,  Jan.  17,  1852. 

Burlesque  of. 

No.  904. 

Hopkinson  (F.)    Writings  of.     n,  69. 

Dedications  to. 

Nos.  811-12,  838-43,  850-2,  859,  926,  928,  934,  946-7,  952-3,  986-8. 

Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Proceedings. 

Moore  (F.)     Diary  of  the  American  Revolution. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [431 

Sparks  (J.)     Writings  of  Franklin,     vin,  289. 

In  Fiction. 

Nos.  816,  824,  865,  936,  989-94. 
Crequy,  Souvenir  de  la  Marquise  de.     Paris. 
[Delaunay].     Histoire  d'un  Pou  Francaise.     Paris:  1779. 
Hunt  (F.)     American  Anecdotes. 
Seriey  (A.)     Mort  de  Robespierre.     Paris.     1801. 
Thackeray  (W.  M.)    The  Virginians. 
Tupper  (M.  F.)     Washington.  London:  1865. 

Franklin  Fund. 
Nos.  835,  912. 

Green  (S.  A.)     Inaugural  Address  as  Mayor  of  Boston.     1882. 
New  York  Evening  Post.     Dec.  5,  1887. 

Franklin  (Town)  Library. 
No.  858. 

Boston  Evening  Traveller,  Feb.  8,  1858. 
Historical  Magazine,     in,  284. 
New  York  Evening  Post.     Dec.  5,  1887. 

Franklin's  (Private)  Library. 

Cutler  (W.  P.  &  J.  P.)     Life  of  Manasseh  Cutler,     i,  269. 

Historical  Magazine,     x,  123. 

Pa.  Mag.  of  History  and  Biography,     vril,  430. 

Medals  of. 

No.  876. 

American  Journal  of  Numismatics.    Jan.  1873. 

Coin  and  Stamp  Collector's  Journal,     in,  No.  4. 

Gentleman's  Magazine,     xxni,  538,  587. 

Loubat  ( J.)     Medallic  History  of  the  U.  S.     I,  93,  96. 

Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Proceedings,     xi,  301. 

Poor  Richard  (Imitators'). 
Poor  Richard  Revived  .   .   .  Albany:  1799,  1800,  1801,   1802,   1803,  1804, 

1805,  1806,  1807,  1808. 

Franklin's  Legacy  or  ...  Almanac.    Troy:  1802. 
Poor  Richard's  Almanac  .   .   .  Boston:  1802,  1803,  1804,  1805,  1806,  1807, 

1808. 

Franklin  Almanac  .   .    .  Pittsburg:  1819. 
Franklin  Almanac  .    .    .  Phila.:  1822,1823,1824,  1825,  1826,  1827,1828, 

1829,  1830,  1831,  1832. 
Poor  Richard's  New  Farmer's  Almanac  .   .   .  Concord:  1833,  1834,  1835, 

1836,  1837,  1838,  1839. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN.  [423 

Franklin  Almanac  .   .    .  New  York:  1841,  1842,  1843,  1844,  1845,   1846, 

1847. 

Franklin  Almanac  .    .   .  Boston:  1842,  1843. 
Franklin  Almanac.     Rochester.     1843. 
Old  Franklin  Almanac  .   .   .  Phila.:  1860,  1861,   1862,   1863,  1864,   1865, 

1866,  1867,  1868,  1869,  1870,  1871,  1872. 
Franklin  Almanac  .  .  .  Cincinnati:  1868. 
Almanac  Franklin  .  .  .  Paris.  '  1869. 

Portraits. 

Boston  Public  Library  Report  No.  20.     p.  86. 

Catalogue  of  Hist.  Portraits  &  Relics.     (Washington  Centennial)  N.  Y. : 

1889. 

Hale  (E.  E.)     Franklin  in  France,  I,  i,  150. 
Historical  Magazine,     in,  252,  286. 
Magazine  of  American  History,     v,  380. 
Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Proceedings,     x,  412;  xi,  150;  xil,  51;  xiv,  160;  xv, 

10;  xx,  264,  359. 

Moore  (F.)     Diary  of  the  American  Revolution,     n,  283. 
Notes  and  Queries,     vn,  409;  vin,  208;  xm,  12,  122. 
Pa.  Acad.  of  Fine  Arts.     Loan  Exhibition  of  Portraits.     1887. 
Winsor  (J.)     Narrative  and  Critical  History,     vrr,  37. 
Winsor  (J.)     Memorial  History  of  Boston,    n,  291. 

Relics. 

No.  942. 

Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Proceedings,     n,  665;  rv,  6;  vn,  361;  xil,  215. 

American  Antiquarian,     m,  220. 

Watson  (E.)     Men  and  Times  of  the  Revolution,     p.  120. 

Watson  (J.  F.)    Annals  of  Philadelphia,     p.  519. 

Statues  and  Busts. 

Nos.  836,  839,  863-4,  871-3,  897,  925,  944,  962,  972. 

Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Proceedings,     in,  in,  115,  177,  3^4,  3935  XII,  81. 

Watson  (E.)     Men  and  Times  of  the  Revolution,     p.  121. 


CHECK    LIST 


AND 


CHRONOLOGICAL    INDEX. 


***  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  first  part  of  Franklin's  writings 
and  of  the  Frankliniana,  arranged  chronologically  under  the  date  of 
printing.  Only  the  first  or  first  two  words  (articles  excepted),  are 
given  of  Franklin's  writings  and  anonymous  works,  and  the  authors' 
names  of  the  remainder.  Works  without  date  are  arranged  alpha- 
betically at  the  end,  under  the  same  system ;  but  where  the  date  could 
be  positively  ascertained  they  are  also  entered  under  that  year,  with  a 
[  to  show  that  it  is  without  date.  The  references  are  by  title  numbers, 
and  roman  type  is  used  for  Franklin's  own  writings,  and  italic  for 
works  relating  to  him.  See  also  the  special  index  at  page  109. 


1719. 

1743- 

Lighthouse  Tragedy, 

i 

Poor  Richard, 

39 

Taking  of  Teach, 

2 

Proposal  for, 

40 

1722. 

1744. 

New  England  Courant, 

3 

Account  of, 

41 

1725- 

Catalogue  of, 

43 

Dissertation  on, 

5 

Cato  Major, 

44 

Religion  of  Nature, 

6 

Poor  Richard, 

1729. 

1745- 

Modest  Enquiry, 

10 

Poor  Richard, 

51 

Penn.  Gazette, 

ii 

Reflections  on, 

57 

1732. 

1746. 

Poor  Richard, 

12,  16 

Poor  Richard, 

56 

1733- 

1747. 

Dissertation  on, 

7 

Association, 

61 

Poor  Richard, 

18 

[Lautere  Wahrheit, 

67 

I734- 

Plain  Truth, 

67 

Poor  Richard, 

19 

Poor  Richard, 

68 

1735- 

Proclamation, 

62 

Cato's  Moral, 

20 

1748. 

Defence  of, 

21 

Necessary  Truth, 

65 

Letter  to, 

22 

Poor  Richard, 

73 

Poor  Richard, 

24 

Treatise  showing, 

66 

Remarks  upon, 

23 

1749. 

Some  Observations, 
Vindication  of, 

25,  27 

Poor  Richard, 
Proposals  relating, 

74 
75 

1736. 

Poor  Richard, 

31 

1750. 
Poor  Richard, 

76 

!737- 
Poor  Richard, 

32 

Reflections  on, 

58 

1738. 

I75I- 

Poor  Richard, 

33 

Cato  Major, 

45 

J739- 

Experiments, 

77 

Poor  Richard, 
1740. 

34 

[Idea  of, 
Importance  of, 

83 
85 

*  /  *TV 

Poor  Richard, 

35 

Poor  Richard, 

89 

1741. 

Sermon  on, 

83 

General  Magazine, 

36 

1752. 

Poor  Richard, 

37 

Experiences, 

80 

1742. 

Importance  of, 

86 

Poor  Richard, 

38 

Poor  Richard, 

90 

[427] 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN.  [439 

Conduct  of,  273 

Cool  Thoughts,  270-1 

{Counter  Medley,  844 

Historische  Nachricht,  274 

Narrative  of,  272 

[Observations  on,  023 

Petition,  275 

Plain  Dealer,  006 

Plot.    By,  937 

[Protestation  gegen,  279 

[Rede  Herrn,  283 

[Remarks  on,  276 

Scribbler,  058 

Speech  of,  280-1 

[  To  the  Freeholders,  970 

What  is  Sauce,  007 

1765- 

[Advertisement  and,  794 

[Biddle,J.,  819 

[Election,  835 

[Franklin,  W.,  867 

Humble  Attempt,  888 

[Magna  Britannia,  284 

New  Experiments,  97 

Speech  of,  282 

[To  the  Freeholders,  980 

1766. 

[Examination  of,  287,  291-4 

Physical  and,  298 

[Magna  Britannia,  285 

Verhorung,  297 

1767. 

Examination,  288-9 

1768. 

Letters  from  a  Farmer,  303 

Lettres  d'un  Fennier,  304 

Trve  Sentiments,  3°2 

1769. 

Experiments,  3°7 

Rice,  R.,  9*8 

1770. 

[Letters,  3°8 

1771. 

Toderdini,  G.,  977 


1753- 

Nollet,}.  A., 

929 

Poor  Richard, 

92 

Supplementary, 

93 

1754- 

New  Experiments, 

78,96 

Poor  Richard, 

98 

Some  Account, 

99 

Supplementary, 

94 

1755- 

Advertisement, 

101 

Observations  on, 

87-8 

Poor  Richard, 

IO2 

1756. 

Experiences, 

81 

Poor  Richard, 

105 

1757- 

Abridgement  of, 

105 

Poor  Richard, 

106 

1758. 

Cato  Major, 

46 

Cato  Major, 

47 

Herrn  Benjamin, 

82 

Reflections  on, 

59 

1759- 

Historical  Review, 

253 

Reflections  on, 

60 

Some  Account, 

256 

True  and, 

261 

1760. 

[Father  Abraham, 

107 

Interest  of, 

262,  266-9 

New  Experiments, 

79 

[Remarks  on, 

263 

1761. 

Examination  of, 

264 

Interest  of, 

265 

1762. 

New  Experiments, 

95 

1764. 

[Addition  to, 

793 

Answer  to, 

278,  801 

Author  of  Quaker, 

804 

[Battle, 

809 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[431 


1772. 

1780. 

Report, 

3" 

[Dialogue, 

344 

Romayne,  T., 

950 

Herrn  D., 

344* 

1773- 

1782. 

Abridgement  of, 

313 

Dubourg,J.  B., 

851 

QSuvres  de, 

315 

[Volume  VII., 

345 

Priestley,  J., 

938 

Way  to  Wealth, 

I2O 

Two  Letters, 

312 

1783. 

Votes  and, 

3i6 

Opere  Politiche, 

343 

1774- 
Considerations  on, 

317 

Opere  Filosophiche, 
1784. 

347 

Coombe,  T., 
Dubourg,}.  B., 

838 
850 

/  V*T" 

[Advice  to, 
Avis  &, 

348 
349 

Experiments, 

3i8 

D'Eslon,  M.t 

358 

Of  the  stilling, 
Principles  of, 

319 
320 

ExposS  des, 
[On  the  Different, 

354-5 
356 

Scelta  de, 
Way  to  Wealth, 

321 
109 

Rapport  des, 
Reflexions  impartiales, 

357,  360 
359 

1775- 

[Remarks, 

364 

Coombe,  T,, 

839 

Report  of, 

361 

1776. 

Two  Tracts, 

267-270 

Additions  to, 

322 

Way  to  Wealth, 

121 

Affaires  de, 

326 

1785. 

1777. 

[Calandrier  de, 

122 

Following  Paper, 

327 

Collection  of, 

124 

Letter  to, 

902 

Observazione  a, 

371 

Origine  del  Fulmine, 

927 

1786. 

Science  du, 

113 

Bericht  fiir, 

350 

Second  Thoughts, 

832 

Maritime  Observations, 

272 

1777. 

Nixon,  W., 

028 

Cato  Major, 

48 

Observations  on, 

378 

Descrizione  del, 

42 

Rush,  B., 

952-3 

[Ephemera, 

329 

Science  du, 

125 

Recueil, 

946-7 

1787. 

Science  du, 

114-8 

[Emmons,  N., 

858 

Vo2u  de, 

811-2 

Examination, 

986 

1779. 

Hydraulic  and, 

373 

Casette  Verte, 

975 

Joseph  and  Benjamin, 

930 

Green  Box, 

973 

LeRoyJ.D., 

898 

Political,  Miscellaneous, 

342 

Lettre  de, 

372 

Remarks  on, 
[Way  to  Wealth, 
[Whistle, 

328 
119 
330 

Observations  on, 
Philosophical  and, 
[Proclamation, 

374-6 
380 

379 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[433 


1788. 

Manuel  de, 

134 

Lord  Chesterfield, 

126 

[Observations  sur, 

366 

1789. 

Science  du, 

J35 

Avis  &, 

382 

Way  to  Wealth, 

135-6 

Dubourg,}.  B.t 

8& 

1796. 

Way  to  Wealth, 

127 

Immortal  Mentor, 

137 

Webster,  N., 

988 

Information  to,  • 

352 

1790. 

Life, 

39i 

Apperfu  Hazardt, 

859 

Works. 

445-6 

B.  Franklin,  • 

818 

1797- 

Fauehet,  E., 

861 

Almon,J., 

795 

Memoirs  of, 

998 

Boucher,  f., 

821 

Mirabeau, 

949 

[Chess  made  easy, 

333 

Way  to  Wealth, 

129 

Life, 

392 

1791. 

Paul  Jones, 

934 

Condorcet, 

842 

Seller,  J.  C., 

959 

Eloge  de, 

841 

Way  to  Wealth, 

138 

Lyon,  J., 

910 

Works, 

447 

Memoires  de, 

383 

1798. 

Way  to  Wealth, 

130 

Et  Par  Ord, 

381 

1792. 

Leven, 

45<> 

Benjamin  Franklin's, 

384-5 

Life, 

452 

Interesting, 

992 

Moral  Philosophy, 

139* 

Prompter, 

33i 

Vida, 

393 

Smith,  W., 

963-4 

Vie, 

448. 

1793- 

Works, 

449,  451,  453, 

Bad  as  the  times, 

132 

1799. 

Lord  Chesterfield, 

131 

Chess  made  easy, 

334 

Milan,  C., 

925 

Life, 

394, 

Observations  on, 

377 

Science  du, 

140. 

[Parable  on, 

260 

Works, 

454, 

Private  Life, 

386 

1800. 

Rules  for, 

314 

Works, 

455-« 

Works, 

437-39 

1801. 

1794- 

Gamle  Richard, 

142* 

Benjamin  Franklin's, 

444 

Nystaangave  for, 

142* 

Information  to, 

35i 

Select  Pieces, 

547 

Life, 

387-8 

True  Root, 

143* 

Science  du, 

133 

Works, 

457 

Works, 

440-3 

1802. 

1795- 

B.  Franklin's, 

458 

D.  Benjamin, 

390 

Bur  dick,  W., 

826 

Letters  of, 

995 

Chess  made  easy, 

335 

Life, 

387-8 

Immortal  Mentor, 

144 

28 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 

[435 

Way  to  Wealth, 

143 

1813. 

Works, 

459-60 

Life, 

399,  475 

1803. 

1814. 

Works, 

462-3 

[Franklin's  Way, 

156 

1805. 

Life, 

476 

[Advice  to, 

70 

Works, 

475 

[Necessary  Hints, 

30 

1815. 

Poor  Richard, 

145 

Delaplaine, 

985 

Present  for, 

548 

Life, 

477-8 

1806. 

Santon,J., 

955 

Bauer,}.  C., 

810 

Works, 

480 

Complete  Works, 

550 

1816. 

Works, 

464 

Easy  Introduction, 

337 

1807. 

Life, 

481 

Father  Abraham, 

147 

Lord  Chesterfield, 

169 

JReddingiuSj  W.  G., 

945 

Poor  Richard. 

158 

Works, 

465 

Reddingius,  W.  G.t 

945 

1808. 

Way  to  Wealth, 

159 

Historical  Review, 

254 

1817. 

Monitor, 

549 

Allen's  Almanac, 

161 

Prompter, 

149 

Correspondence  choisie, 

559 

Way  to  Wealth, 

148 

Correspondence  inedit, 

554 

Works, 

568 

Dr.  Benjamin, 

566 

1809. 

Gedenkschriften, 

484 

Easy  Introduction, 

336 

Life, 

483 

Franklin's  Way, 

150 

Lord  Chesterfield, 

180 

Life, 

395 

Maniera  di, 

162 

[Marcus  Tullius, 

49 

Private  Correspondence, 

555-8 

Principes  61£mentaires, 

151 

Some  Account, 

100 

Works, 

466-8 

Works, 

568 

1810. 

1818. 

Immortal  Mentor, 

152 

Art  of  Swimming, 

300 

Works, 

468 

Life, 

485 

1811. 

Life  of, 

904 

[Complete  Works, 

55i 

M6moires, 

56i-5 

Essays, 

552 

Memoirs. 

568 

Life, 

398 

Prompter, 

165 

1812. 

Way  to  Wealth, 

164 

Historical  Review, 

255 

Works, 

486-7 

Life, 

472 

1819. 

Sicherer  Weg, 
Spriichworter, 
Way  to  Wealth, 
Works, 

155* 
154 
155 
469-473 

Mackintoshes  Collection, 
Posthumous  Works, 
Tugendiibungen, 
Way  to  Wealth, 

166 

569-71 
168 

167 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[437 


Works, 

488,  489 

1826. 

1820. 

Life, 

504 

Gamle  Richard, 

170* 

Life  of, 

IOO2 

Easy  Introduction, 

338 

Melanges, 

576 

Essays, 

572 

Science  du, 

I87 

Franklin's  Way, 

171 

Way  to  Wealth, 

188 

Hulbert,  C, 

887 

Works, 

503 

Weg  zum, 

400 

1827. 

1821. 

Science  du, 

189-90 

Essays, 

573 

1828. 

Ginoco  degli, 

339 

Life, 

403*,  512 

Proverbs, 

174 

MSmoires, 

403 

Weems,  M.  L., 

989 

Sciencia, 

192 

Works, 

490 

Science, 

193 

1822. 

Weg  tot, 

191 

Biography, 
Essays, 
Kleine  Schriften, 

954 
573 
40  1 

1829. 
Benjamin  Franklin, 
Ecrits, 

567 
579 

Science  du, 

~7 

175-7 

Life, 

499 

Weems,  M.  L., 

/  \J      1 

990 

Moyen  d'avoir, 
Weems,  M.  L., 

194 
991 

1823. 
HEniSTHMH, 

179 

1830. 
Brinley,  F., 

823 

Life, 

492 

Life, 

403*»  5°5 

Science  du, 

178,  180 

Mason,  H., 

9J5 

Way  to  Wealth, 

177 

Science  du, 

200 

Works, 

493 

Way  to  Wealth, 

199 

1824. 

Works, 

506 

Brief  Memoirs, 

822 

1831. 

Introduction  to, 

340 

Durgin,  C., 

to 

Life, 

401 

Life, 

506 

Melanges, 

574 

Science  du, 

2OI 

Practical  Wisdom, 

72 

1832. 

Science  du, 

182-3 

Francis, 

865 

[Way  to  Wealth, 

181 

Guizieguez  ar, 

202 

Works, 

494-7 

Life  of, 

905 

1825. 

1833- 

Conseils  pour, 

185 

Alte  Goldbriefe, 

204 

Life, 

402,  500 

Bache,  A.  D., 

805 

Miscellanea  de, 

575 

Collection  of, 

580 

Science  du, 

184 

Life, 

404 

Way  to  Wealth, 

1  86 

Memoirs, 

567 

Weems,  M.  L,, 

994 

Morceaux  choisis, 

205 

Works, 

498,  502 

Principes  elementaires, 

203 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[439 


Private  Correspondence, 

560 

Memoirs, 

583 

1834. 

Memoirs, 

524 

Benjamin  Franklin's, 

207 

Preusker,  C., 

940 

Life, 

507 

Schmaltz, 

95^ 

Memoirs, 

583 

Works, 

525,  588 

Morceaux  choisis, 

206 

1841. 

Prompter, 

208 

Chess  Player, 

34i 

Saggi  di, 

577 

McNeile,  H., 

9*3-4 

Works, 

508-9 

Weg  zum, 

219 

1835- 

1842. 

Cammino  della, 

2IO 

Franklin, 

220 

Eisner,  H., 

856 

Life  of, 

906 

National  Portrait, 

$62 

1843. 

Science  du, 

209 

Libro  del, 

525* 

Weems,  M.  L., 

992 

Memoires, 

527* 

Works, 

5II-3,  515 

Memoirs, 

524 

1836. 

Proceedings, 

942 

Handschriften, 

211 

Works, 

526 

Works, 

588 

1844. 

1837- 

Life, 

407 

Animal  Magnetism, 

362-3 

[Maniera  di, 

221 

Familiar  Letters, 

581 

1845- 

Life, 

405 

Almanach  du, 

222 

Ruelle,  C., 

951 

Life, 

410 

Way  to  Wealth, 

212 

Memoirs, 

524,  582 

Works, 

517 

Weems,  M.  L., 

993 

1838, 

1846. 

Apprentices, 

213 

Farine,  C., 

860 

Bessiere,}.  F., 

816 

Life, 

4",  527 

Leben, 

520 

[Pictorial  Life, 

935 

Life, 

519 

Works, 

528 

Peoples  Edition, 

5i8 

1847- 

Poladnice, 

214 

Melanges, 

592 

Works, 

521 

Memoirs, 

524 

1839- 

Pictorial  Life, 

935 

Ffordd,  G., 

215 

[Poor  Richard, 

17 

Life, 

408,  522 

1848. 

Lives  of, 

908 

Conseils  pour, 

224 

Memoirs, 

524 

Kell,K.J., 

896 

People's  Edition, 

522 

Leben, 

412 

Weems,  M.  L., 

994 

Life, 

529 

Works, 

523 

Mignet,  F.  M.  A,, 

921 

1840. 

Way  to  Wealth, 

223 

Maniera  di, 

218 

Works, 

528,  530 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[441 


1849. 

Benjamin  Franklin, 
Jewett,J.L., 
Poor  Richard, 
Stanley,  J., 

f  O  « 

894 
13 
965 

Franklin  Medallion, 
[Franklin  Statue, 
From  the, 
Knowles,  W.J., 
Life, 

876 
872 

873 
897 
416 

1850. 
Autobiography, 
Essays, 
Proceedings, 

414 

593 
941 

M6moires, 
New  England  Courant, 
Order  of  Exercises, 
Select  Works, 

417 
4 
926 

1851. 
Poor  Richard, 

15 

Thompson,  N.  A., 
Triqueti,  H., 

972 

Works, 

528,  531 

Very  Brief, 

060 

1852. 
Benjamin  Franklin, 

889 

Winthrop,  R.  C., 
Works, 

7 

IOOO 

580 

Life, 

532 

1857. 

\J^J 

Science  du, 

227 

Brown,  H.  S., 

- 

1853- 

Gilpin,  H.  D., 

874 

Benjamin  Franklin's, 

533 

Memorial, 

"iff 

06  1 

Bettziech  Beta,  H., 
City  Document, 

817 
835 

[Miguet,  F.  M.  A., 
Select  Works, 

923 

595 

Life, 

535 

1858. 

Melanges, 
Printers  Banquet, 

578 
939 

Ciencia  del, 
Life, 

229 

537 

Select  Works, 

595 

Poor  Richard, 

14 

Way  to  Wealth, 

228 

Select  Works, 

595 

Winthrop,  L.  C., 

999 

1859- 

Work, 

534 

Benjamin  Franklin's, 

418 

1854. 

Cecil,  E., 

830 

[Dissertation  on, 

8 

Franklin  before, 

827 

Life, 

415 

Letters  to, 

849 

Swimmers  Handbook, 

301 

Memoirs, 

584 

Weems,  M.  L., 

994 

Selection, 

594 

1855- 

1860. 

[Abbott,  Jacob, 

790 

Autobiography, 

419 

Franklin  Festival, 

868 

Holley,  O.  L., 

884 

Gleichnitz  von, 

258 

Tranche,  L., 

982 

Miguet,  F.  M.  A., 

922 

1861. 

Works, 

536 

Baker,  P.  C., 

808 

1856. 

Life, 

538 

Abbott,  Jacob, 

790 

May  hew,  H., 

918 

[Brougham,  J.  , 

824 

Memoirs, 

585 

City  of  Boston, 

836-7 

Norton,  J.  N., 

930-2 

[Fields,  J.  T., 

863 

Thayer,  W.  M., 

970 

[First  Annual, 

864   ' 

Works, 

536 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[443 


1862. 

1871. 

Venedy,J., 

983 

Autobiography, 

540 

1863. 

Bonhomme, 

244 

Sumner,  C., 

96? 

Cadet,  F., 

828 

1864. 

[Franklin  Memorial, 

870 

Armen  Richard, 

232 

[Franklin  Statue, 

l 

871 

Jordan,  T., 

895 

Green,  S.A., 

875 

Lascaux,  P., 

899 

[Hugenholtz,  P.  H., 

/*/ 

886 

Maniera  di, 

233 

Life, 

541 

Par  ton,  J., 

929 

1872. 

Premieres  Notions, 

235 

Benjamin  Franklin, 

814 

Weg  zum, 

231 

Bibliotheque, 

246 

Works, 

536 

Bly,  A., 

803 

1865. 

Premiere  Notions, 

245 

Baker,  P.  C., 

807 

Record, 

944 

[Comme, 

847 

Science  du, 

246 

Conseils  pour, 

238 

•  1873. 

Ledger  of, 

325 

Scienza  del, 

247 

Oertel, 

9*4-5 

1874. 

Par-ton,  J., 

930 

Letters  of, 

916 

Premieres  Notions, 

236 

Life, 

424 

Science  du, 

237 

1875- 

1866. 

Proceedings, 

943 

Armen  Richard, 

240 

1876. 

[Art  of  Making, 

29 

[Abbott,  J.  S.  C., 

79i 

Bessiere,  L., 

*tf 

Benjamin  Franklin, 

425 

Chemin  de, 

239 

Boyhood  and, 

890 

City  Document, 

912 

Chaplin,  J., 

834 

Correspondence, 

597 

Soldier  and  Sage, 

843 

Memoires, 

420-2 

Winthrop,  R.  C., 

IOOI 

Select  Works, 

596 

1877. 

1867. 

Benjamin  Franklin, 

426 

Aquarone,  £., 

802 

Harpel,  O.  H., 

878 

Cantwell,  £., 

829 

1878. 

Libro  del, 

597* 

Levray,  A., 

903 

Parton,  J., 

93i 

Micheels,J., 

920 

1868. 

Reasons  on, 

277 

Autobiography, 

423 

1879. 

Hildebrand,  R., 

879 

Bigelow,}., 

820 

1869. 

Life, 

427 

Hayka  Dodprka, 

241 

Waller,}.  B., 

984 

Money  Making, 

242 

1880. 

1870. 

Autobiography, 

542 

Parker,  T., 

928 

Franklin,  J., 

866 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[445 


1881. 

[AutoWography, 
Letter  from, 
Lubimoff,  A.  N., 
[Rand,  Avery  &  Co.'s, 
Stevens,  H., 

1882. 

Biblioteca, 
Demoulin,  G., 
Deschanel,  E., 
[Franklin  Desiderata, 
In  the  Senate, 
Reprinted  from, 
Scienza, 
Works, 

1883. 

Catalogue  of, 
Rules  for  a  Club, 

1884. 

Annual  Dinner, 
Autobiography, 
Hill,  G.  C., 
Science  du, 
Weems,  M.  L., 

1885. 

Annual  Dinner, 
[June  25,  1745, 
Tomkinson,  E.  M., 

1886. 

Annual  Dinner, 
Autobiography, 
Cassell's  National, 
Poor  Richard, 
Riverside  Literature, 

1887. 

Annual  Dinner, 
Autobiographic, 
[Benjamin  Franklin, 
Complete  Works, 
[Examination, 
Life, 

McMaster,}.  B., 
Philosopher  in, 


1888. 

543 

Annual  Dinner, 

800 

poo-/ 

[Autobiography, 

434 

pop 

Benjamin  Franklin, 

435 

248 

[Ben  Franklin, 

55 

966 

Hale,  E.  E., 

877 

1889. 

249 

{Celebration  of, 

^31 

845 

Complete  Works, 

600 

846 

N.  Y.  Typotheta:, 

927 

968 

[  Young, 

891 

893 

Without  date. 

806 

Abbott,  Jacob, 

790 

249 

AbottJ.S.  C., 

791-2 

590 

Addition  to, 

793 

Advertisement,  aud, 

794 

969 

Advice  to, 

169-71 

9 

Americans  may, 

205 

And  it  came, 

257-8 

706 

Answer  to, 

801 

/  7 

S44 

Art  of  Making, 

28-9 

VJ'T'T 

880 

Art  of  Swimming, 

299 

2  SO 

Autobiography,  431,  434-5, 

439,  546 

*yj 

Auzug  de, 

353 

994 

Battle,  a  Battle, 

809 

Beauties  of, 

582 

797 

Benjamin  Franklin, 

53,  198 

S2 

Benjamin  Franklin, 

8f3 

978 

Ben  Franklin, 

55 

Bibliotheque, 

196 

798 

Biddle,}., 

819 

43i 

Bowie's  Moral, 

137* 

429 

Brougham,  J., 

824. 

251 

Calandrier  de, 

122 

43° 

Cassell's  National, 

429 

Celebration  of, 

831 

799 

Comme  on, 

847 

433 

Complete  Works, 

551 

53 

Counter  Medley, 

844 

600 

Directions  to, 

323 

987 

Dr.  Franklin's, 

591 

432 

Du  Chatenet,  E., 

853 

911 

Election,  a  Medley, 

855 

54 

Examination, 

287 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN. 


Examination, 

Emmons,  N., 

Esprit  de, 

Faith,  Doubt, 

Father  Abraham, 

fields,  J.  T., 

First  Annual, 

Following  paper, 
Franklin  Desiderata, 
Frankliniana, 
Franklin  Memorial, 
Franklin  Primer, 
Franklin  Statue, 
Franklin,  W., 
Franklin's  Game, 
Franklin's  Way, 
Grande  Bretagne, 
Guizieguez  ar, 
Holley,  O.  L., 
Hugenholtz,  P.  H., 
Idea  of, 

Instructions  du, 
Interrogatoire  de, 
June  25, 

Lautere  Wahrheit, 
Leben, 
Letter  from, 
Letters  to, 
Life, 
Life  of, 

Life  of  Franklin, 
London,  April  22, 
Magna  Britannia, 


[447 


987   Maniera  di, 
858   Marcus  Tullius, 
587   May  hew,  H., 
428   Mignet,  F.  M.  A., 
107-8,  251    Necessary  Hints, 

863  Observations  on, 

864  Old  South  Leaflets, 
327    Parable  against, 
968  Parton,J., 

860   Petit  Cours, 
8 jo   Pictorial  Life, 
553    Poor  Richard, 
871-2    Practical  Morality, 
867   Protestation  geyen, 
332    Rand,  Avery, 
171*,  230   Rede  Herrn, 
286   Remarks  on, 
173   Remarks  on, 
881-5   Remarks  upon, 
886  Schmidt,  F., 
83    Science  du, 
586   Servant's  Companion, 
296   Tables  of, 
52    Thayer,  W.  M., 
67   This  impression, 
406    To  the  Freeholders, 
91   Two  Letters, 

308  Way  to  grow, 

475,  501,  545  Wa7  to  Wealth,  110-2,  119,  123,  128, 
907  141-2,  146,  153,  156,  163,  170,  181, 
826  195,  225-6. 

309  Young  Franklinsonian,  891 
284-5 


221 

49 
918-9 

923-4 
30 

9*3 

436 
260 
932 
197 

935 
17,  216-7 

243 
279 
248 
283 
276 

963 

848 

957 
169,  196-7-8 

172 

324 
971 
590 
979-80 
346 
170 


INDEX. 


The  list  of  pseudonyms  at  page  307  is  not  indexed. 


Abbott,  J.,  321.    J.  S.  C.,  321. 

Abingdon,  Lord,  333. 

Adams,  J.,  lix,  285,  293, 299,  317.  S., 

303- 

"Advertisement,"  321. 
Affaires  de  V Angleterre,  153-5,  287, 

317. 

Albany  Congress,  xxvii,  403. 

Alison,  Dr.,  351. 

Allan,  J.,  47. 

Allen,  A.,  79.     W.,  123. 

Alleyne,  J..  299. 

Almanac,  Poor  Richard,  xxi,  xxix, 
9-21,  27-9,  37,  47,  51-109, 147,  33i, 
421. 

Almon,  J.,  127,  141,  147,  155,  299, 
315,  321.  Political  Register,  287. 

America,  Credit  of,  153,  155.  True 
Sentiments  of,  135. 

American  Bishops,  141.  Citizen, 
The,  249-51.  Discontents,  147, 283. 
Historical  Record,  301.  Medical 
and  Phil.  Regis.,  299.  Monthly 
Review,  269.  Notes  and  Queries, 
299.  Philosophical  Society,  23, 
175,  287-91,  377,  381.  Revolution, 
299. 

Analectic  Magazine,  255-7,  265. 

Andre,  J.,  xlvii. 

Annual  Register,  299. 

"Answer  to  the  Plot,"  323. 

Antoricutti,  A.,  173. 

Aquarone,  B.,  323. 

Archer,  Dr.,  113. 

Argus,  The,  249. 
29 


Annan,  B.,  323. 

Association    of  Pennsylvania,    31,, 

293- 

Armies,  Declaration  to,  293. 
Atlantic,  The,  299,  349,  361,  373. 
Athenaeum,  The,  199,  201,  339,  349, 

371- 

Bache,  A.  D.,  325.  B.  F.,  Ixi.  265. 
R.,  325.  R.  M.,  325. 

Bailly,  — ,  167. 

Baker,  P.  C.,  325.     Polly,  289. 

Bancroft,  E.,  li,  170,  285. 

Barbeu-Dubourg,  J.,  339.. 

Barton,  T.,  121. 

Bath,  Earl  of,  xxxiii.. 

Battle,  A,  325. 

Bauer,  J.  C.  B.,  325. 

Beaumarchais,  P.  A.,  327;. 

Becket,  T.,  25. 

Bessiere,  J.  F.,  327.    L,.,  327- 

Beta,  H.  B.,  327. 

Bettzeich-Beta,  H.,  327. 

Biddle,  J.,  329,  345. 

Bigelow,  J.,  liii,  5,  9.  ^9>  J39»  l8l~3, 
199-201,  259,  277-9,  329. 

Binzer,  A.,  263. 

Bizarre,  The,  299. 

Elaine,  J.  G.,  355- 

Bloomfield,  O.  B.  F.,  357. 

Board  of  Trade,  141,  147. 

Bologna,  F.  J.,  101. 

Boston,  xiii,  147,  335,  363-  Adver- 
tiser, 199.  And  Franklin,  xiii, 
403.  Chronicle,  163.  Fire  De- 
partment, 343.  Franklin  Associ- 

[449] 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[451 


ation,   331.     Statue  of  Franklin, 

335,  343,  355,  369,  381,  385,  395- 
Public  Library,  Ixv,  33, 383.  Trav- 
eller, 199. 

Bowen,  F.,  273. 

Boucher,  J.,  Ixi,  329,  393. 

Bounties,  149. 

Braddock,  E.,  51. 

Breton,  253. 

Brinley,  F.,  329.     G.,lxvii,  137, 313. 

Brissot,  J.  P.,  185. 

British  Museum,  Ixvii.  37-9,  61,  69, 
7i,  75,  79,  9i,  J35,  165,  271. 

Brougham,  J.,  331. 

Brown,  H.  S.,  331-    J-  C.,  5- 

Brownrigg,  W.,  149. 

Bryan,  G.,  123. 

Bryant,  W.  C.,  199. 

Buchan,  Earl  of,  63. 

Buckingham,  J.  T.,  3. 

Buffon,  G.  L.,  43- 

Buisson,  — ,  183. 

Burdick,  W.,  331. 

Burger,  G.  A.,  185. 

Burke,  E.,  Ivii,  299,  333.  W.,  xxxiii, 
117. 

Bute,  Earl  of,  143. 

Butler,  J.  M.,  331. 

Cadet,  F.,  331. 

Campi,  C.  G.,  151. 

Canada,  xxxi,  117-9- 

Canton,  J.,  49. 

Cantwell,  E.,  333- 

Carey,  Mathew,  179. 

Caritat,  M.,  335. 

"Cato's  Moral  Distiches  "  15. 

•'Cato  Major,"  25. 

Castera,  J.,  179,  211. 

Cave,  E.,  41- 

Cecil,  E.,  333- 

Century,  The,  299. 

Chalmers,  G.,  333. 

Chaplin,  J.,  333- 

Chapman,  J.  G.,  195. 


Chatham,  Earl  of,  315. 

Cheetham,  J.,  251. 

Chess,  Morals  of,  157-61. 

Chesterfield,  Lord,  63,  65,  77. 

Chever,  G.  B.,  201. 

Chicago  Tribune,  201. 

Chimneys,  175-7,  289- 

Christian  Union,  199. 

Church  of  England,  141. 

Cicero,  M.  T.,  25. 

"Citizen  of  America,"  389. 

Clarke,  W.,  45. 

Cobbett,  W.,  Ixi. 

Cohen,  253. 

Coin,  149. 

Colden,  D.,  49. 

Collector,  The,  299. 

Collinson,  P.,  xxix,  39,  47,  49. 

Colonies,  Importance  of,  45.  Ben- 
efitting  of,  139. 

Colonial  Trade,  283. 

Comets,  318. 

Common  Sense,  Additions  to,  151. 

Condorcet,  Marquis  de,  185,  335. 

Confederation,  xxxix,  151. 

Congress,  Continental,  xxxix,  287, 
293.  Library  of,  Ixv. 

Constitution  of  the  U.  S.,  295. 

Constitutions,  American,  375. 

Consular  Convention,  293. 

Contemporary  Review,  201. 

Convention,  Federal,  lix,289.  Penn- 
sylvania, xlii. 

Coombe,  T.,  335. 

Cornaro,  L.,  67. 

Corn,  Bounty  on,  149. 

Costa,  B.  F.  de,  337. 

"Counter  Medley,"  337. 

Courcy,  De,  343. 

Courtship,  Reflections  on,  xxv,  29- 

3i- 

Crell,  L,  35. 
Critic,  The,  279. 
Critical  Review,  141,  151,  ^57,  357- 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN. 


[453 


Crossley,  J.,  5. 

Dalibard,  M.,  43. 

Dalrymple,  A.,  139. 

Dashwood,  F..  xxxvii,  143. 

Deane,  S.,  301. 

De  Borg,  — ,  167. 

Declaration  of  Independence,  293. 

Decade,  La,  179,  211. 

De  Costa,  B.  F.,  299. 

De  Courcy,  — ,  343. 

De  Groot,  A.,  347. 

Delaplaine,  J.,  129,  389. 

Demoulin,  G.,  337. 

Denison,  A., 

Department  of  State,  Ixvii,  5,  27-9. 

Deschanel,  E.,  337. 

D'Eslon,  — ,  169. 

Despencer,  Lord,  xxxvii,  143. 

Dial,  The,  349,  361. 

Dibdin,  T.  F.,  143. 

Dickinson,  John,    123-5,  135-7,  351, 

393- 

Doggett,  J.,  13. 
"Dogood,  Silence,"  xiii,  3. 
Douay,  E.,  337- 
Douglas,  J.,  xxxiii. 
Dove.  D.  J.,  313,  351. 
Draper,  L.  C.,  299. 
Dreams,  289. 
Duane,  W.,  li,  9,  27,  41,  109,  in. 

253,  263,  271,  339. 
Dubourg,  J.  B.,  xlix,  137,  145,  151, 

339- 

Du  Chatenet,  E.,  339. 
Dumas,  — ,  165. 
Durgin,  E.,  339. 
Dwight,  T.  F.,  357. 
Earth,  Formation  of,  289. 
Eclectic  Review,  257. 
Edinburgh    Review,    201,    249-53, 

257-9- 

Education,  xxvii,  23,  39,  43. 
Eggleston,  E.,  279. 
"Election,  The,"  341. 


Electricity,  xxix,  Ivii,  39-43,  47-9, 

J37,  149.  359.  367,  377- 

Electrometer,  373. 

Eisner,  H.,  341. 

Elze,  K.,  197. 

Emigrants,  Advice  to,   122,    165-7, 
173,  289. 

Emmons,  N.,  341. 

England,  Negotiation  with,  409. 

Ephemerae,  157,  289. 

Estaing,  C.  H.  d',  341. 

European  Magazine,  301. 

Ewing,  Dr.,  351. 

Exchange,  149. 

Farine,  C.,  341. 

"Father  Abraham,"  xxix,  53,  55, 
71,  107. 

Fauchet,  C.,  185,  343. 

Federal  Convention,  xliii,  lix,  411; 
Gazette,  179. 

Feutry,  — ,  59. 

Fields,  J.  T.,  343. 

Fire  Places,  xxv,  23,  147. 

Force,  P.,  301. 

Ford,  G.  L.,  Ixvii,  131,  147;  P.  L., 
293;  W.  C.,  151. 

Foster,  J.,  257. 

"Fortun6  Ricard,"  81,  83,  89,  91,99. 

Fothergill,  J.,  41,  301. 

Francis,  — ,  343. 

France,  xxxi,  xxxix,  45,  155,  349; 
And  Franklin,  155,  407;  King  of, 
171;  Treaties  with,  293. 

Franklin,  B.,  "Abridgement  of  Com- 
mon Prayer,"  xxxix,  141;  "Ad- 
vice to  bathers, "  135;  "Advice  to 
Emigrants,"  xli,  122,  165-7,  173, 
393;  "Advice  to  Tradesmen, "  37, 
99,  103;  Agent  of  Pennsylvania, 
xxxi,  xxxv,  12 1 ;  Albany  Congress 
and,  xxvii,  403;  Ana,  411;  Artist, 
411;  Art  of  Making  Money,  19, 
65,  79;  Attacks  on,  Iv-lxi,  419; 
Autobiography,  xxxix,  xliii,  xl, 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[455 


lii,  179,  183-205,  347,  399;  Biogra- 
phies of,  Ixiii,  399;  Birthday  Cel- 
ebrations, 419;  Boston  and,  401; 
Burlesque  of,  419;  Busts  of,  423; 
"Catalogue  of  Books,"  23;  "Causes 
of  the  American  Discontents," 
135;  "Cool  Thoughts,"  119;  Cor- 
respondence, 251,  253,  277;  "Court 
of  the  Press,"  179,  289;  Death, 
411;  Dedications  to,  419;  Diplo- 
matist, 389;  "  Dissertation  on  Lib- 
erty," xvii,  3-7;  Editor,  413;  Ed- 
ucator, 413;  Emblematical  Design, 
125-7  >  England,  Negotiations 
with,  409;  Epitaph  on,  369,  393; 
Essays  of,  247-9,  265-9;  "Familiar 
Letters,"  269;  Fiction,  In,  421; 
Fund,  361,  421;  Genealogy.  401; 
Hemphill  Controversy,  xxiii,  15, 
17;  "Historical  Review,"  xxxi, 
109-11;  Humorist,  413;  Hutchin- 
son  Letters  and,  405-7;  "Idea  of 
an  English  School,"  xxvii,  43; 
"Interest  of  Great  Britain," 
xxxiii,  117-9;  Inventor,  413; 
''Ledger  of,"  151;  Letters,  139; 
Library  of,  421;  "Life  of,"  395; 
Literateur,  413;  London  and,  403; 
"Maritime  Observations,"  xli, 
*73~5',  Medals  of,  421;  "Memoir 
of,"  393;  Memorial  to  France, 
155;  "Modest  Enquiry,"  xvii,  7; 
Moralist,  413;  Morals  of  Chess, 
157-61 ;  ' 'Narrative  of  Massacres, " 
121,283;  "  Necessary  Hints,"  19; 
New  York  Statue  of,  375;  Orator, 
413;  "Parable  against  persecu- 
tion," xxxiii,  xlv,  395;  Philadel- 
phia and,  403,  407,  411;  Philan- 
thropist, 415;  Philologist,  415; 
"Physical  and  Meteorological 
Observation,"  133;  "Plain Truth," 
xxvii,  33-5;  Plan  of  Union,  xxvii; 
Poet,  415;  Politician,  415;  "Poor 


Richard,"  xxi-iii,  xlv,  9-21,  27-9, 
37,  47,  5i,  109,  147,  331,  421;  Por- 
traits of,  423;  Post  Master,  151, 
415;  Printer,  415;  "Proposal  re- 
lating," xxvii,  39;  "Prussian 
Edict,"  287-9;  "Reflections  on 
Courtship,"  xxv,  29-31;  Relics  of, 
423;  "Remarks  on  a  late  Protest," 
12 1 ;  "Remarks  on  the  Savages," 
xli,  171-3;  "Rules  for  a  Club,"  7; 
"Rules  for  Reducing  a  great 
Empire,"  143,  153,  155 ;  "Science 
du  Bonhomme  Richard,"  57-109; 
Scientist,  417;  "Silence  Dogood," 
3;  Staff  of,  375;  Stamp  Act  and, 
405;  Statues  of,  423;  Theologian, 
417;  "Two  New  Bagatelles,"  27; 
"Two  Tracts,"  173;  "Way  to 
Wealth,"  55,  57, 9, 109;  "Whistle, 
The,"  73,  77,  79,  81,91,99,  157, 
289;  Works  of,  145,  151,  161-5, 
177,  205,  251,  257-65,  273. 

Franklin  Debating  Society,  329, 
339,  363;  Family,  401;  "Family 
Primer,"  251;  J.,  xiii-v,  1-3,  345; 
Town  Library,  341,  421;  W.,  27, 
in,  345;  W.  T.,  xlvii,  lii,.  9,  117, 
127,  151,  179-81,  195,  205»  253-65. 

"Frankliniana,"  345. 

Frederick  II.,  xxxvii. 

Gaelic  Proverbs,  63,  79. 

Galloway,  J.,  xlvii,  123-5,  393. 

Gamier,  J.,  101. 

Garrett,  W.,  79. 

Gazette  of  the  United  States,  293. 

Gebelin,  A.  C.  de,  153. 

General  Magazine,  21; 

Genesis  li,  113. 

Gentius,  G.,  xxxiii. 

Gentleman 's  Magazine,  xxxiii,  121, 
145,  283,  305. 
reorge  III.,  Ivii. 
rerman  Emigrants,  313. 
ribelin,  J.,  183,  205,  211. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN. 


Godfrey,  T.,  xix. 

Goodrich,  S.  G.,  359. 

Gout,  Dialogue  with  the,  163. 

Grand  Magazine,  xxxi,  285. 

Great  Britain,  Credit  of,  153,  155 ; 
"Interest  of,"  117-9;  Treaties 
with,  293. 

Green,  S.  A.,  Ixvii,  183,  347,  383. 

Groot,  A.  de,  375. 

Groux,  D.  E.,  347. 

Guadaloupe,  xxxi,  117-9. 

Gulf  Stream,  175,  289. 

Hale,  E.  E.,  301,  349- 

Hall,  D.,  9,   121;  H.,  Ixxi. 

Harpel,  O.  H.,  349. 

Harper's  Magazine,  199. 

Harvard  College,  Ixvii. 

Headington,  J.  A.,  345. 

"Hell  Fire  Club,"  xiii. 

Hemphill,  S.,  xxv,  15-7. 

Henley,  W.,  Ivii,  373. 

Hildebrand,  R.,  349. 

Hildeburn,  C.  R.,  Ixvii,  9,21,31,33, 
35,  II3-5,  121-3,  127,  283,  293,  315, 
387,  321. 
Hill,  G.  C.,  349. 
Hillsborough,    Lord,    xxxvii,    141, 

145- 

Historical  Magazine,  301,  339,  369. 
Hoar,  G.  F.,  353. 
Hoffman,  F.  B.,  257. 
Hockley,  373. 
Holland,  317. 
Holley,  O.  L-,  349- 
Homes,  H.,  113,  303. 
"Hooped  Petticoats,"  313. 
Hopkins,  53. 
Hopkinson,  T.,  33,  41. 
Horn,  W.  O.  V.,  369. 
Hospital,  Pennsylvania,  xxix,  51 
Howard,  A.,  271. 
Howe,  R.,  153. 
Hugenholtz,  P.  H.,  351. 
Hughes,  J.,  Ivii,  351;  T.,  201. 


[457 


Hulbert,  C.,  351. 

Hume,  D.,  109. 

Hunt,  J.,  Ivii,  351. 

Huntington,  W.  H.,  Ixvii. 

Hutchins,  S.,  351. 

Hutchinson,  T.,  145,  331,  363,  405-7. 

Huth,  H.,  5. 

Hutton,  J.,  121. 

Hyde,  A.  M.,  351. 

Hygrometer,  289. 

Ide,  S.,  77,  87,  353. 

Illustrated  Magazine,  347. 

Independence,  Declaration  of,  143, 
293- 

Independent,  The,  199. 

Indiana,  315. 

Indians,  xli,  45,  53,  121,  171-3,  289. 

Ingen  Housz,  Ivii,  175. 

International  Review,  199. 

Izard,  R.,  lix. 

Leipzig er  Tageblatt,  373. 

Le  Roy,  A.,  167,  173,  185,  355. 

"Letter  to,"  357. 

Le  Veillard,  L.,  179,  183,  191,  261. 

Levray,  A.,  357. 

Liberty  and  Necessity,  Dissertation 

on,  xvii,  3-7. 
Liebtren,  C.  F.,  101,  103. 
Light,  Theory  of,  289. 
Lightning,  369,  387. 
Lippincott's  Magazine,  201. 
Literary  and  Theological  Rev.,  395. 
Literary  Gazette,  255. 
Liturgy,  xxxvii,  143. 
Lives,  Expectation  of,  375. 
Living  Age,  301,  371. 
Livingston,  W.,  157. 
Logan,  J.,  15,  25. 

London,  and  Franklin,  463;  Chron- 
icle, xxxi-iii,   121,   135.   259,   283; 

Magazine,   129,  301;  Packet,  141, 

287;  Quarterly,  371. 
Lords  Commissioners  of  Trade,  141, 

147. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF   FRANKLIN. 


[459 


Loughborough,  Lord,  143-5. 

Loyalists,  Ixi,  303. 

Lubimoff,  A.  M.,  359. 

Lyon,  J.,  359. 

Lyons,  — ?  313. 

Mably,  Abbe,  lix. 

McCanaughy,  D.,  123. 

McCulloch,  J.  R.,  275. 

Macfarland,  R.,  63. 

McKee,  T.  J.,  25. 

Mackintosh,  79. 

McMaster,  J.  B.,  9,  21,  259,  313,  349, 

361,  371- 

McNeile,  H.,  301,  361. 
Madan,  Dr.,  177. 
Madison,  J.,  295. 
Magazine  of  Am.  Hist.,  301. 
Magic  Squares,  283. 
Maine  Historical  Soc.,  301. 
Jackson,  R.,  117. 
James,  A.,  xliii,  179,  183. 
Jay,  J.,  301. 

Jefferson,  T.,  179,  259,  293,  381. 
Jeffray,  F.,  251,  253. 
Jerman,  J. 
Jewett,  J.  C.,  353- 
Jones,  J.  P.,  163,  303,  371. 
Jonhanneaud,  P.,  91. 
Jordan,  T.,  355. 
Joseph  II.,  371. 
Journal  de  Paris,  287. 
Junglung,  D.,  247. 
Junius,  363. 
Junto,  7. 

Kames,  Lord,  xxxiii,  113,  285,  303. 
Kapp,  F.,  201. 
Keimer,  S.,  9. 
Kell,  K.  J.,  355. 
Kennedy,  A.,  45. 
Keppele,  H.,  123. 
Kinnersley,  E.,  41. 
Knowles,  W.  J.,  355. 
Laboulaye,  E.,  105,  199,  277. 
Lancaster,  121. 


Lancelot,  F.,  197. 

Language,  389. 

Lascaux,  P.  de,  355. 

Lavoisier,  — ,  167. 

L'Ecny.  J.  B.,  145. 

Ledan,  A.  LM  91. 

Le  Despencer,  Lord,  xxxvii-ix,  143. 

Lee,  A.,  lix,  147,  293,  301,  315. 

Leeds,  T.,  Iv. 

Left  Hand,  Petition  of,  289. 

Lenox,  J.,  5;  Library,  Ixvii,  137. 

Malo,  C.,  253-5,  9. 

Manchester,  Literary  and  Philo- 
sophical Soc.,  287. 

Mangino,  R.,  267. 

Mankind,  Increase  of,  45,  117-9. 

Marckmann,  J.  W.,  193. 

"Maratime  Observations,"  xli,  173, 
289. 

Mardelle,  — ,  253,  255-61. 

Marriage,  Reflections  on,  xxv,  29- 

31. 

Marshall,   — ,  li,   249,   259;  C.,  13; 

H.,  139- 

Maseres,  Baron,  117. 

Mason,  H.,  363. 

Massachusetts  Charitable  Associa- 
tion, 347;  Historical  Society,  177, 
301;  House  of  Representatives,  i. 

Mathon  de  la  Cour,  81, 83,  89,  91, 99. 

"Matroco,"  315. 

Mauduit,  G.,  363. 

Mayhew,  H.,  363. 

Mesmerism,  167-9-71. 

Meteorology,  287,  289. 

Metropolitan  Museum,  Ixvii. 

Micheels,  J.,  365. 

Mignet,  F.  M.  A.,  365-7- 

Millington,  S.  M.  T.,  83. 

Milon,  C.,  367. 

Mirabeau,  Comte  de,  lix,  83,  377. 

Money,  Art  of  Making,  19. 

Montgomery,  D.  H.,  181;  J.,  123. 

Monthly  Review,  129,  141,  145.  I5i» 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[46l 


157,  165,  171,  175,  185,  207,  251, 
253,  257-9,  269,  285,  295,  357,  395. 

Moon,  W.,  367. 

Moreau,  H.,  199. 

Morellet,  A.,  179,  301. 

Morley,  H,,  201. 

Mornington,  Earl  of,  391. 

Murray,  J.  B.,  361. 

National  Intelligencer,  199,  259. 

Nation,  The,  151,  199,  349,361,369. 

Navies,  355. 

New  Englander,  The,  199. 

New  England,  33,  141 ;  Courant, 
xiii-v,  1-3,  283;  Fast,  33;  Histor- 
ical and  Genealogical  Society,  301. 

New  Jersey  Archives,  301;  Histor- 
ical Society,  301. 

New  Hampshire  Historical  Society, 
301. 

New  London  Gazette,  131. 

New  York,  Commercial  Advertiser, 
279;  Documentary  History,  301; 
Evening  Post,  199;  Historical  So- 
ciety, Ixvii,  301 ;  Times,  279; 
Tribune,  199;  Typographical  So- 
ciety, 323-5,  345-7, 353, 367, 373-5; 
World,  199,  339. 

Neuville,  J.,  103,  139. 

Nicholson,  A.,  63. 

Niles,  H.,  301. 

Nixon,  W.,  367. 

Nollet,  J.  A.,  Ivii,  49,  367. 

North  American  Review,  257,  269, 

273,  37i. 

North,  Lord,  Ivii,  293. 
Norton,  A.  C.,  257;  J.  N.,  369. 
Notes  and  Queries,  5,  201. 
Oertel,  P.  H.  W.,  369. 
Oil  on  the  Waves,  149. 
Ohio  Company,  xxxvii,  139-41,  145- 

7,  405. 

"Old  South  Leaflets,"  203. 
Oliver,  A.,  145,  363,  331. 
Overstone,  Lord,  275. 


Palmer,  S.,  xv,  3-5. 
Paper  Money,  xvii.  7,  289. 
"Parable     against     Persecution," 

xxxiii,  113-5,  283,  289. 
Parish,  — ,  149. 
Paris,  Commune  de,  343. 
Parker,  T.,  369. 
Parley,  P.,  359. 
Parton,  J.,  Ixiii,  5,  9,  371. 
Paxton  Men,  121. 
Peabody,  W.  B.  O.,  269. 
Peirce,  B.,  13. 
Pelton,  O.,  95. 
Penn,  J.,  59;  R.,  393;  T.,  393;  W., 

93- 

Pennsylvania,  39,  119-21,  317,  329, 
387,  393;  Agency,  xxxi-v,  121-3; 
Archives,  33,  51;  Association,  31, 
293;  "Brief  State  of,"  313;  Con- 
stitution, xxxix,  lix,  293;  Conven- 
tion, xxxix;  Education  in,  xxvii, 
39,  43;  Evening  Post,  151,  287; 
"Farmer,"  135-7;  Gazette,  xix, 
7;  Fire  Places,  23;  "Historical 
Review  of,"  xxxi,  109;  Historical 
Society  of,  Ixv,  9;  Hospital,  xxix, 
51;  Journal,  119;  Magazine  of 
History  and  Biography,  155 ; 
Proclamation,  33,  177;  "True 
State  of,"  115;  Votes  of,  283. 

Percival,  T.,  169. 

Persecution,  Parable  against,  xxxiii, 
II3-5,  283,  289. 

"Peter  Parley,"  359. 

Peters,  S.,  45- 

Petition  to  King,  121. 

Philadelphia,  xv,  33-5, 387,  4°3,  4O7, 
411;  Academy,  xxix,  39,  43;  "Cal- 
endrier  de,"  61. 

Philes,  G.  P.,  15- 

Phillips,  R.,  37- 

Pitt,  W.,  Ivii,  303,  315. 

"Plain  Dealer,"  393. 

Plan  of  Treaties,  293. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANKLIN. 


[463 


Play  fair,  W.,  371. 
"Plot,  The,"  373. 
Political  Register,  127,  287. 
"Poor  Richard,"  xxi-iii,  xlv,  9-21, 

27-9,  37,  47,  51-109,  147,  331,  421. 
Population,  45,  117-9,  2^9- 
Postage,  Rates  of,  151. 
Post  Office,  149-51,  415. 
Pownall,  T.,  175. 
Prayer  Book,  xxxix,  141. 
Press,  Freedom  of,  179,  289. 
Preusker,  C.,  373. 
Price,  R.,  Ivii. 
Priestley,  J.,  Ivii,  171,  373. 
Prince,  T.,  Ivii. 
Primon,  C.  F.,  71. 
Privateering,  xli,  177,  289. 
Privy  Council,  331. 
"Proces  Verbal,"  377. 
Proclamation,  33,  177. 
"Prompter,  The,"  73,  93,  157. 
Proprietary    Government,     109-11, 

119,  121. 

Prussian  Edict,  xxxvii,  153. 
Prussia,  Treaty  with,  xli,  295. 
Public  Advertiser,  145,  287;  Ledger, 

287. 

Pugh,  — ,  373. 
Pulteney,  W.,  303. 
"Quaker  Unmasked,"  315. 
Quakers,  xxvii,  35. 
Quetant,  F.  A.,  57. 
Quincy,  E-,  3^9- 
Radcliff,  E.,  141. 
Rainfall,  167,  287. 
Ray,  W.,  361. 
Reddingius,  W.  G.,  375- 
Reed,  J.,  303. 
Regnier,  375. 

Renouard,  A.  C.,  161,  191,  267-9. 
Representatives,  House  of,  375. 
Revue  Contemporaine,  199. 
Rhode  Island  Mint,  289. 
Rice,  R.,  375- 


"Richard    Saunders,"     xxi,    9-21, 

27-9,  37-9,  47- 
Riquetti,  H.  G.,  375,  377. 
Rittenhouse,  D.,  381. 
Roberts,  T.,  95. 
Robinet,  J.  B.  R.,  153. 
Robinson,  R.,  75,  79. 
Rochefoucauld,  Comte  de,  lix,  185. 
Romayne,  T.,  377. 
Romilly,  S.,  177. 
Royal  Society,  xxix,  41,  135,   149, 

283. 

Ruelle,  C.,  377. 
Rules  for    Reducing    an    Empire, 

xxxvii,  143. 
Ruprecht,  T.,  243. 
Rush,  B.,  lix.  29,  377,  381. 
Saadi,  xxxiii. 
Sabin,  J.,  lix,  3-5,  103,  107,  in,  157, 

187,  193,  197,  255,  259,  321,  353-5- 
Samper,  J.  M.,  99. 
Sanderson,  J.,  377. 
Sanson,  A.  J.,  97. 
Santon,  J.,  379. 
Sargent,  E.,  275;  J.,  141. 
Sartine,  M.  de,  385-7. 
Saturday  Review,  199. 
Say,  J.  B.,  67. 
Schatz,  G.,  209,  215. 
Schmaltz,  379. 
School,  English,  43. 
Schmidt,  F.,  379. 
Scribbler,  The,  379. 
Scudder,  H.  E.,  181,  203. 
"Second  Thoughts,"  333. 
Selter,  J.  C.,  379- 
Senate  Report,  353. 
Shays,  D.,  177- 
Shelburne,  Earl  of,  165. 
Shillaber,  B.  P.,  379- 
Short,  B.,  75-7,  95- 
Shurtleff,  N.  B.,  381. 
Simpson,  E.,  7- 
Sinclair,  S.,  347- 


BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF    FRANKLIN. 


[465 


Slavery,  317. 

Slave  Trade,  289,  317. 

Small  Pox,  115. 

Smith,  H.,  Ixi;  J.  J.,  381;  S.,  35;  W., 

Ivii,  lix-xi,  123,  283,  303,  313,351, 

38i,  393- 

Smokey  Chimneys,  175. 
Smuggling,  289. 
Sonzogno,  E.,  107. 
Spain,  155. 
Sparks,  J.,  liii,  3,  9,   23,  35,  41,  47, 

109,    J37-9,   151,   155-7,   181,   193, 
197,   249,   259,  269,  273,  279,  315, 

377- 

Springfield  Republican,  199. 
Stamp  Act,  xxxv,  Ivii,  59,  65,  127-9, 

137,  155,  215,  405- 

Stanley,  J.,  381. 

Stanton,  E.  C.,  339. 

Stevens,  B.  F.,  355;  "  Franklin  Col- 
lection," xlvii,  Ixv,  5,  7,  27,  57, 
"5,  129,  353-7,  3»3;  H.,  xlvii, 
Ixv-ii,  5,  61,  87,  165,  187-9,  303, 
313,  383;  H.  N.,  29. 

Stone,  F.  D.,  113. 

Stormont,  Lord,  lix. 

Stove  for  Pit  Coal,  289. 

Strahan,  W.,  25. 

Streets,  Proposal  to  clean,  53. 

Strettell,  A.,  123. 

Stuber,  H.,  43,  181. 

Sumner,  C.,  383. 

Sweden,  Treaty  with,  293. 

Swift,  L.,  lix,  Ixxi,  31,  33,  7 1,  73,  75, 
79,  81,  87,  89,  91,  93,  97,  101,  155, 
187,  193,  225,  231-3,  239,  315,  355, 
357,  359,  36i,  367,  37i,  383- 

Syng,  P.,  41- 

Toranto,  A.,  105. 

Taylor,  A.,  33;  G.,  113;  J.,  xxxiii. 

Teach,  i. 

Thayer,  W.  M.,  385. 

Theophilus,  313. 

Thomas,  G.,  9,  131. 

30 


Thompson,  N.  A.,  385. 

Tickell,  R.,  Ivii,  385. 

Tobacco,  289. 

Toderini,  G.,  387. 

Toleration,  141. 

Tomkinson,  E.  M.,  387. 

Trade,  149,  283,  289. 

Tradesmen,  Advice  to,  37,  99,  103. 

Treaties,  Plan  of,  293. 

Triqueti,  H.  de,  389. 

Tronche,  L.,  389. 

Trumbull,  J.  H.,  137,  313. 

Tucker,  J.,  Ivii. 

Tuckerman,  H.  T.,  273. 

Tully,  M.,  25. 

Turgot,  lix,  383. 
j  Turner,  F.  J.,  349. 
j  University  of  Pennsylvania,  345. 
j  Vaughan,    B.,    xliii,    xlix-liii,    113, 
i      "7,   139,   T5i,    161-3,   179,   181-3, 
185-9,  205,  249,  389. 

Venedy,  J.,  389. 

Walpole  Grant,   xxxvii,  139,  145-7, 

405;  H.,  165,  387;  T.,  141,  147. 
;  Waller,  J.  B.,  389. 
j  Walsh,  R.,  129,  289. 
!  Warren,  J.,  153. 
•  Washington,  G.,  lix. 
i  Watson.,  Ivii. 
:  Waves,  Oil  on  the,  149. 

Webbe,  J.,  Iv. 

Webster,  N.,  73,  93,  303,  389. 

Weddebum,  A.,  Ivii,  363. 

Weekly  Mercury,  283. 

Weems,  M.  L.,  i,  69,  75,  181,  321-5, 

37',  391- 

Weld,  H.  H.,  181,  195. 
Wellesly,  R.  C.,  391. 
Wells,  B.,  99. 
Wenzel,  W.  T.,  163. 
Westcott,  T.,  33. 
Wharton,  S.,  141. 
Whately,  G.,  149-5*  • 
White,  W.,  293. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF   FRANKLIN. 


[467 


Whitefield,  G.,  47. 
Wilcke,  J.  C.,  43- 
Williams,  J.,  381. 
Williamson,  H.,  Ivii,  393. 
Willing,  T.,  123. 
Willoughby,  B.,  Ivii,  333. 
Wilmer,  — ,  Ixi,  181,  393. 
Wilmot,  J.  E.,  303. 
Wilson,  — ,  Ivii. 
Winsor,  J.,  Ixv. 


Winthrop,  J.,  Ivii,  315;  R.  C.,  395. 

Wollaston,  W.,  xv,  3-5. 

Wood,  B.,  51. 

Woods,  L.,  395. 

Worthilake,  i. 

Yale  College,  Ixvii. 

Yates,  R.,  295. 

York,  J  ,  165. 

X.  Y.  Z.,  393- 


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